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1944 Map of Shepherdstown

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Shepherdstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Shepherdstown serves as the central hub of this 1944 War Department survey, where the Norfolk and Western railroad crosses the Potomac River into Maryland. The landscape is defined by the river’s dramatic Horseshoe Bend and the presence of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Abandoned), which traces the Maryland shoreline opposite the town. The town site itself includes the campus of Shepherd College and a prominent Water Tower.

Regional connectivity is evidenced by small rural junctions and settlements such as Moler Crossroads, Scrabble, and Mondell. Local community life is anchored by several country churches, including Marvin Chapel, Mt Wesley Church, and Bethesda Church. On the Maryland side, the village of Sharpsburg and the nearby Antietam Station highlight the historic transportation and agricultural patterns of the Potomac Valley during the mid-1940s.