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1960 Map of North East

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of North East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Lake Erie defines the northern edge of this Erie County landscape, where the shoreline transition from Freeport to Orchard Beach meets a dense network of transit and education. The borough of North East serves as the regional anchor, housing St Marys College, Heard Memorial Sch, and several historic burying grounds such as Oak Hill Cem. The area is a critical corridor for the Penn Central and Western and Norfolk and Western railroads, which parallel the coastline alongside the New York State Thruway.

Inland, the terrain rises toward the State Game Lands No 163, where the headwaters of French Creek and its West Branch begin their journey south. Small agricultural junctions like Kerrs Corners and Delhill Corners are interspersed with essential water infrastructure, including the Grahamville Reservoir and the expansive Bull Reservoir. This 1970 photorevision documents the mid-century evolution of the Pennsylvania-New York borderlands as suburban development began to interface with traditional lakefront industry.