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1902 Map of Parkton

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Parkton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Gunpowder Falls carves through the rolling countryside of northern Baltimore and Harford counties in this early twentieth-century survey. The landscape is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including the curiously named First Mine Branch, Second Mine Branch, and Third Mine Branch near Stablersville. These streams fed the rural economy of the era, supporting small milling centers like Gorsuchs Mills near the Pennsylvania border.

Regional connectivity is dominated by the Northern Central R. R. and the Stewartstown R. R., which facilitated travel and trade between rural Maryland and the burgeoning towns across the Pennsylvania Maryland line. Significant thoroughfares like the York Turnpike parallel the rail lines, connecting settlements such as Parkton, Whitehall, and the border-straddling community of Maryland Line. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for family-named features like Spook Hill and numerous small hamlets such as Bradenbaugh and Shane.