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1965 Map of Sunbury

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Sunbury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Susquehanna River dominates this mid-1960s topographic record, bisecting the region as it flows past a series of large islands including Byers Island, Cherry Island, and Kinney Island. The city of Sunbury sits on the eastern bank at the confluence with Shamokin Creek, while Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam anchor the western shore. This era represents a peak for the local infrastructure, with both the Penn Central and Reading railroads actively serving the riverfront industrial and transit hubs.

Notable cultural landmarks include the campus of Susquehanna University and the recreational grounds of the Rolling Green Amusement Park. To the south, the landscape shifts toward the wooded slopes of Little Mountain and the agricultural valley near Mahanoy Creek. Genealogists will find numerous rural landmarks such as Emmanuel Ch, St Peters Ch, and the Pomfret Manor Cemetery, alongside small settlements like Fishers Ferry and Patricksburg that illustrate the distributed community life of the mid-20th century.