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1957 Map of Sassamansville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Sassamansville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Sassamansville and the surrounding townships of Montgomery and Berks counties are defined by a network of small crossroad settlements and meandering waterways. The drainage of Swamp Creek and Perkiomen Creek anchors a landscape dotted with rural landmarks, including the Falkner Swamp Cem and several historic houses of worship like Keelors Union Ch and Bertolets Ch. These clusters, such as New Hanover Square and Fagleysville, reflect an established agrarian community that was beginning to see the arrival of regional aviation facilities at Boyerstown Airport and New Hanover Airport.

The terrain rises toward Ringing Rock Park in the southwest, while the northern reaches include a State Game Refuge near the Upper Hanover border. Local infrastructure is revealed through named thoroughfares like Reiffsnyder Road and Hoffmansville Road, which connected scattered farmsteads to central schools such as the Township Sch. This era captures a transition where traditional church and cemetery hubs remained the primary social anchors even as new developments began to appear on the periphery.