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1912 Map of Quarryville

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Quarryville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Quarryville and Strasburg serve as the primary hubs in this early twentieth-century survey of southern Lancaster County, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of township roads and several distinct rail lines. The Pennsylvania RR and its Susquehanna Valley Branch cut through the central hills, while the Peach Bottom RR and Oxford and Southern RR serve the southern farming communities. Local industry is anchored by the Nickel Mines and the nearby Nickel Mines Run, while rural life centers on an exceptionally high concentration of small schoolhouses such as Winter Hill School, North Star School, and Mars Hill School.

Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed plotting of family-named landmarks and rural institutions. The Fulton House stands as a notable historical anchor near Goshen, while numerous small settlements like Chestnut Level, Unicorn, and Puseyville show the distribution of population before modern consolidation. From the Susquehanna River at the southwestern corner to the Gap in the northeast, the map documents a transition from river-focused topography to the established agriculture of the Pennsylvania interior.