1948 Map of Nesquehoning

About this map

The industrial corridor of the Carbon and Schuylkill county line is defined by the tight geography of Nesquehoning Mountain and Pisgah Ridge. In this 1940s landscape, the heavy infrastructure of coal and rail dominates the north, with the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley lines converging at Nesquehoning Junction near the Lehigh River. The map captures the dense urban footprints of Lansford and Summit Hill, where the Summit Hill Borough Line skirts massive mining features like the Settling Basin. In contrast, the southern portion of the sheet across Mahoning Mountain reveals a rural agricultural pattern. In the Strauss Valley and along Mahoning Creek, small schoolhouses such as St Peters Sch and Oak Grove Sch served dispersed farmstead communities like Mantzville and Normal Square.