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1946 Map of Swatara Hill

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Swatara Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Blue Mountain and Second Mountain dominate this landscape just north of the Schuylkill Co Berks Co line during the mid-1940s. The region is defined by parallel ridges and the valleys of the Swatara Cr and Little Swatara Creek, where small settlements like Roedersville and Deturksville anchor the local community. The map reveals a dense network of early rural infrastructure, including numerous one-room schoolhouses such as Swartz Sch, Reed Sch, and Flat Hill Sch.

Industry and transport are in transition, evidenced by segments of the Reading (Abandoned) railroad line running through Stanhope. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is a precise record of family-named landmarks and rural landmarks, including Manbeck Cem and Hauers Ch. The presence of the Appalachian Trail along the southern ridge and the YWCA Camp at Sweet Arrow Lake highlights the area's role for early 20th-century recreation.