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1961 Map of New Holland

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of New Holland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

North Fork Paint Creek and its many tributaries, including Compton Creek and Glaze Run, carve through this section of the Virginia Military District in the early 1960s. The village of New Holland serves as a local hub at the junction of the Pennsylvania railroad and several arterial roads, while smaller clusters like Manara and Johnson dot the landscape. This era shows a community defined by its agricultural layout, marked by numerous rural burial grounds such as Lloyd Cem and the Rowe Cem situated near the winding Indian Camp Run.

Transportation networks are well-established, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio rail line crossing the southern townships. The surveyor's attention to detail captures the transition from one-room education sites like Township Sch to a more centralized High Sch in town. Beyond the settlements, the map documents the extraction of local resources at a Gravel Pit and the presence of significant infrastructure like pipelines crossing the northern fields of Madison township.