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2023 Map of New Salem

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of New Salem
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

New Salem and its surrounding coal-country settlements define this portion of Fayette County. The landscape is dense with historical religious and burial sites, from the Saint Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Cem and Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Cem near Buffington to the Saint Thomas Roman Catholic Cem in Footedale. These markers, along with Tower Hill Number One and Dunlap Creek Village, trace the cultural and industrial growth of a region shaped by mining and rail transport along the Pittsburgh Rd.

The historic National Pike cuts across the northern terrain, passing by Brier Hill and the sprawling Lafayette Memorial Park. Smaller hamlets like Keisterville, Searights, and Upper Peanut are linked by a complex network of creeks including Dunlap Creek and Redstone Creek. This map offers a clear view of the established residential patterns and memorial sites that persist across the hills and hollows of southwestern Pennsylvania.