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1968 Map of Susquehanna

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Susquehanna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Susquehanna River winds sharply through this northern Pennsylvania borderland, anchoring the sister boroughs of Susquehanna and Oakland at a historic rail and industrial nexus. The landscape is defined by the steep grades of Oak Hill and Taylor Hill, where the tracks of Conrail and the Delaware and Hudson railroad follow the river's bend and the course of Starrucca Creek. This 1960s-era survey reveals a community well-served by civic infrastructure, including the Susquehanna Consolidated Sch, Barnes Hosp, and multiple religious sites like St Johns Ch.

Smaller hamlets such as Lanesboro, Brandt, and North Jackson are scattered among the ridges, often near small bodies of water like Comfort Lake and Foxton Lake. The high concentration of quarries throughout the quadrangle points to a long history of stone extraction that shaped the local economy. Further south, the map details rural life near Ross Pond and Raskelly Corners, where family-named cemeteries such as Evergreen Cem and North Jackson Cem provide essential data for genealogical research.