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1893 Map of Sunbury

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Sunbury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

The confluence of the West Branch and the Susquehanna River serves as the industrial and transit hub of this 1891 survey. Three major towns—Sunbury, Northumberland, and Lewisburg—anchor a landscape defined by the nineteenth-century canal-and-rail economy. The presence of the Penn. Canal and the Sunbury Division railroad along the riverbanks illustrates the transport infrastructure that once connected these river towns.

Academic life is represented by the early campus of Bucknell, while smaller settlements like New Berlin, Freeburg, and Selinsgrove dot the surrounding valleys. The map details the complex terrain of Montour Mountain and Shamokin Mt., showing how the ridges dictated the path of lines like the Lewisburg and Tyrone R. R. and the Catawissa Div.. Notable local landmarks include Shamokin Id. and Fishers Ferry, reflecting the river's vital role in local navigation and commerce.