1943 Map of Oil City
USGS Topo · Published 1944About this map
Oil City serves as the industrial heart of this 1940s landscape, where the confluence of Oil Creek and the Allegheny River shaped a dense network of extraction and transport. The map documents the enduring infrastructure of the Pennsylvania oil region, showing numerous Oil Well sites and the Clapp Lease alongside the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad. Moving away from the river corridors, the terrain transitions into a patchwork of rural townships like Cornplanter and President, marked by an exceptionally high density of local institutions. Small settlements such as Rouseville, Reno, and Salina are anchors for the surrounding countryside, which is dotted with one-room schoolhouses like Foster Hill Sch and Maple Hollow Sch, and community landmarks including Monarch Park and the Splane Memorial Field. This survey captures the region just as the mid-century economy remained deeply tied to its namesake resource.
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