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1948 Map of Springville

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Springville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Springville serves as the central hub of this Susquehanna County landscape, where the rural economy of the late 1940s is defined by a dense network of family-named hills and hollows. The terrain is marked by steep ridges such as Strickland Hill and Jennings Hill, which hem in the drainage of Meshoppen Creek and its many tributaries. This survey reveals a community structure rooted in small crossroads like Auburn Four Corners, Kasson Corners, and Schlessers Corners, many of which developed around local water sources and schoolhouses like the Wallace Hill Sch.

Transportation patterns on the map highlight the importance of the rail corridor, with Dimock Sta and Lynn Sta providing critical connections for the surrounding dairy farms and timber lands. Water features like Lake Crystella, States Mill Pond, and Broadhead Pond illustrate the managed hydrology of the era, while numerous small burial grounds, including the Tyler Hill Cem and Bunnell Cem, offer valuable location data for genealogists tracing the early residents of Rush, Dimock, and Auburn townships.