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1955 Map of Richland

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Richland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Myerstown and Schaefferstown anchor this mid-century view of Lebanon County, where agricultural valleys meet the wooded slopes of the White Oak Hills. The landscape reveals a dense network of local landmarks, including rural schoolhouses like the Milbach Sch and Cherry Lane Sch, alongside several community congregations such as Royers Ch and Heidelberg Ch. Transportation patterns are well-defined by the Reading Line and the historic Benjamin Franklin Highway, which parallel the course of Tulpehocken Creek.

Industrial and recreational elements appear in the form of an Oil Tank Farm and the Buffalo Springs Airfield, while the southern reaches of the quadrangle transition into more varied terrain near Black Oak Clay Ridge. This 1955 survey, updated with 1969 photorevisions, captures the area before modern suburban expansion, preserving the locations of smaller hamlets like Iona and Kleinfeltersville during a period of steady transition.