1950 Map of Nuremberg

About this map

Nuremberg and Weston sit at the center of this 1940s-era landscape where the borders of Columbia, Luzerne, and Schuylkill counties converge. The terrain is defined by the high ridges of Beaver Mountain and Buck Mountain, with the Reading railroad winding through the valley corridors. This map reveals a community structured by its deep valleys and watercourses, from the Catawissa Creek to the smaller Raccoon Creek. Local life is anchored by landmarks like the Nuremberg Cem, Mt Zion Ch, and family-named locations such as Millers Corner and Raricks. The geography captured here reflects the early post-war period, documented just as the coal-rich topography of the region began to show the physical impacts of industrial activity like strip mining, as noted in the survey's margin data.