1942 Map of Punxsutawney

About this map

Punxsutawney serves as the commercial and industrial hub of this region in the early 1940s, anchored by the confluence of Mahoning Creek and its many tributaries. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of the Baltimore and Ohio RR and Pennsylvania RR, which follow the winding creek valleys to service mining and manufacturing centers like Rossiter and Glen Campbell. This survey reflects a mature industrial era where local infrastructure was densely built around the rail-and-river economy, with dozens of rural schools and family cemeteries scattered across the high ground between the drainage basins.