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1953 Map of Red Lion

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Red Lion
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Red Lion serves as the industrial and residential hub of this York County landscape, where the Penn Central rail line cuts through the borough near the Nebinger Sch and local high school. The terrain is defined by the steep rise of Mt Pisgah to the north and the winding course of Cabin Creek and Fishing Creek through the townships of Windsor and Chanceford. Significant updates in purple reveal the suburban expansion of Pleasant View and Windsor borough as the region transitioned in the mid-20th century.

Local history is preserved in the numerous one-room schoolhouses and rural parishes that dot the countryside, such as Margaretta Furnace Sch near the site of the old Margaretta Furnace. The map traces a network of small agricultural settlements like Yorkana, Bittersville, and Craley, many centered around family-named landmarks and country churches like Canadochly Ch. These features illustrate a community deeply rooted in its geography, from the Red Lion Reservoir to the historic Leiphart Mill in the northwest.