Loading map...

1915 Map of North East

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of North East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Lake Erie defines the northern reaches of this coastal landscape, where the shoreline is carved by numerous parallel waterways including Eightmile Creek, Sevenmile Creek, and Twelvemile Creek. The village of North East serves as a significant hub for a network of transportation that follows the lake's curve, featuring the Erie RR, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR, and the New York Chicago and St Louis RR.

Further inland, the terrain transitions into the agricultural and wooded uplands of Greenfield and Venango townships. The map documents an intensive early-century rural infrastructure, marked by a high density of neighborhood institutions such as the Grahamville School, Bird School, and Gospel Hill Church. From the settlement at Wattsburg on the Branch French Creek to the cluster at Colts Station, the map preserves the exact placement of post offices, schools, and family-named corners like Bogus Corners and Ashton Corners during the era of peak rail development.