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2019 Map of Tamaqua

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Tamaqua
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Tamaqua and the surrounding coal region industrial centers of Lansford, Coaldale, and Summit Hill dominate this modern survey of the Pennsylvania anthracite belt. The landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of the Little Schuylkill River valley and the high ridgelines of Broad Mountain and Mauch Chunk Ridge. The town centers exhibit a dense, grid-like urban character even as they transition into the steep slopes of the Nesquehoning Mtn.

Genealogists will find an exceptional concentration of burial sites concentrated around Hometown and the urban periphery, including the Old Saint Jerome's Catholic Cemetery, the Sons of Jacob Jewish Cemetery, and Sky View Memorial Park. Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the Still Creek Reservoir, Lake Hauto, and the Tamaqua Reservoirs which occupy the gaps between the prominent ridges of the New England Valley.