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1911 Map of Taneytown

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Taneytown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Taneytown serves as the central hub for this early twentieth-century landscape, which spans the border between Carroll Co and Frederick Co, Maryland, and Adams Co, Pennsylvania. The region is defined by a dense network of water-powered industry and rural education, with numerous grist and saw mills such as Markers Mill, Arters Mill, and Hahns Mill lining the banks of Big Pipe Creek and Silver Run. This industrial distribution suggests a highly localized economy reliant on the many branches of the Monocacy River.

Transportation is anchored by the Western Maryland RR and the Northern Central RR, which connect agricultural settlements like Keymar, Union Bridge, and New Windsor. Higher education and spiritual life are prominent through New Windsor College and a high density of country churches and schools, including Centennial Hall School and Piney Creek Church. The map provides a detailed view of the many family-named landmarks and small post offices like Kump PO that once dotted this Piedmont region.