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1948 Map of Norwich

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Norwich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Norwich sits at the western edge of this 1948 survey, located at the confluence where several hollows meet the winding Potato Creek. The landscape of this McKean County township is defined by its industrial utility and deep drainage patterns, featuring the Havens Pipeline and another prominent Pipe Line cutting through the forested high ground. These industrial markers run alongside a dense network of watercourses and named hollows, such as Combs Creek and McAllister Hol, which carve through the high terrain of Dividing Ridge.

A curious mix of old rail influence and rural infrastructure is evident in names like Railroad Run, suggesting the area's history of resource extraction. The topography is further punctuated by Evans Hill and Scaffold Lick Run, showing a region where the natural water network of the East Branch Potato Creek dictated the placement of early roads and settlements before mid-century revisions updated the local map.