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1999 Map of Morgantown

Name: 1999 Topographic Map of Morgantown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

Morgantown and its surrounding tri-county landscape sit at the intersection of industry and deep-rooted rural settlement at the close of the twentieth century. The map reveals the significant footprint of the Grace Mine and the legacy of early ironworking at Joanna Furnace, which stand in contrast to the quiet hamlets of Alleghenyville and Churchtown. Large tracts of the State Game Lands No 52 dominate the center of the sheet, where the terrain transitions toward Welsh Mountain in the south.

The presence of numerous small congregations, such as Mt Culmen Ch and Wenger Ch, along with family-named schools like Maxwell Sch and Oak Glen Sch, provides a rich resource for genealogists. Modern infrastructure is represented by the heavy path of the Pennsylvania Turnpike cutting through the Caernarvon area, bridging the gap between historical crossroads like Hummels Store and the expanding residential outskirts of Governor Mifflin Sch to the north.