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1954 Map of Pine Grove

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Pine Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Pine Grove Township centers this mid-century view of the ridge-and-valley landscape in Schuylkill County, where the Reading railroad network dictated the movement of goods and people. The map illustrates a dense collection of small communities and social centers like Joliett Ch and the Oak Grove Union Sch, alongside the developing infrastructure of the 1950s, such as the Drive-in Theater and Swatara Valley Airport.

The terrain is dominated by the parallel ridges of Broad Mountain, Sharp Mountain, and Second Mountain, which channel the Swatara Creek and its tributaries. To the northwest, the settlements of Goodspring and Keffers sit atop the high ground near the Keffer Fire Tower. This survey captures the region just as the postwar era was beginning to reshape the rural landscape with new entertainment and transportation hubs while maintaining the footprint of long-established railroad junctions like Lorberry Junction.