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1961 Map of Oak Forest

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Oak Forest
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Oak Forest and the surrounding townships of Franklin, Whiteley, and Wayne characterize this Greene County landscape as it appeared in the early 1960s. The region is defined by an intricate network of waterways including Whiteley Creek, Pursley Creek, and Shannon Run, which carve through the terrain near landmarks like Brant Hill. Local life and genealogy are deeply rooted in the numerous rural institutions found here, such as Mt Pleasant Ch, Fairall Ch, and Pin Oak Ch, alongside burial grounds like Fairview Cem and Lemley Cem.

Evidence of local infrastructure is clear in the Pumping Station near Dyers, while the dispersed locations of the Shannon Run Sch and Cornwallis Sch indicate the rural educational patterns of the mid-twentieth century. Small settlements like Spraggs and Gump serve as focal points in a territory where family-named land features, such as Stewart Run and Patterson Run, speak to the deep history of settlement in this part of Pennsylvania.