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2019 Map of Millheim

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Millheim
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Millheim and Aaronsburg anchor the southern portion of this landscape, situated along the floor of Penns Valley. The settlement pattern here reflects the classic Ridge-and-Valley topography of central Pennsylvania, where agricultural communities are concentrated in the fertile lowlands of Sugar Valley, Brush Valley, and Penns Valley, separated by the imposing heights of Nittany Mtn and Brush Mtn. Numerous gaps in the ridgeline, such as Spangler Gap and Smullton Gap, provided the primary transit corridors for local commerce and communication between the valleys.

Genealogists will find a high density of historical sites, particularly the numerous church-affiliated burial grounds like Aaronsburg Salem Lutheran Cem and the Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cem in Rebersburg. The landscape is defined by its water resources, with Fishing Creek winding through the northern valley and Elk Creek through the center, sustaining the early agricultural and mill-based economy that shaped these communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.