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1964 Map of New Florence

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of New Florence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Industrial extraction and rail transport define this 1960s landscape at the border of Indiana and Westmoreland Counties. The Conemaugh River and Blacklick Creek serve as the primary corridors for development, where towns like New Florence and Seward sit alongside the Conemaugh rail line. The heavy footprint of the coal industry is evident in the numerous Strip Mines, Tipples, and reclaimed strip mines that dot the terrain between West Wheatfield and East Wheatfield.

Evidence of earlier industry survives at the Iron Furnace near Claghorn, while the contemporary infrastructure is marked by a sprawling network of pipelines and a Compressor Station. The map records several smaller settlements and family-named landmarks, including Dilltown, Heshbon, and Germany, alongside local centers of faith and burial such as St Marys Cem and Armagh Cem. For genealogists, the detailed plotting of these rural cemeteries and the United Joint High Sch provides essential local context.