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1945 Map of Montrose

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Montrose
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Montrose serves as the central hub for this Susquehanna County landscape, where the plateau terrain is deeply incised by Snake Creek and Wyalusing Creek. In the mid-1940s, the region's economy was anchored by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad corridor along the eastern edge, passing through Hallstead and Great Bend. The map reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, including numerous one-room schoolhouses like Dacey Sch and Franklin Hill Sch that dotted the townships of Choconut and Franklin.

Resort and agricultural life are evident in the cluster of water bodies such as Quaker Lake and Silver Lake, alongside specialized industrial sites like Snows Mill and Salt Springs. The presence of established burial grounds, notably Prospect Hill Cem, and the complex web of secondary routes like Dora Rd and Bush Rd, provide a granular view of the settlement patterns before the expansion of the modern highway system through these northern Pennsylvania valleys.