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1898 Map of Pemberton

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Pemberton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Hanover Furnace and Mary Ann Furnace stand as industrial anchors in this late 19th-century landscape of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The terrain is a complex network of cedar swamps and sandy ridges, where the iron industry and glassmaking once thrived alongside the North Branch Rancocas Creek. Clusters of settlement are scattered between larger hubs like Pemberton and Vincentown, with isolated industrial sites like the Lebanon Glassworks and Hampton Furnace marking the interior.

Transportation is defined by the Central R.R. of New Jersey and various branches of the Penn. R. R., which connected these remote resource-extraction points to larger markets. Distinctive local landmarks, such as Apple Pie Hill and the curiously named Mount Misery, rise above the wetlands. Genealogists will find numerous family-named locations, including Sooy Place, Johnson Place, and Butler Place, providing a detailed look at rural landholding patterns before modern development.