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1963 Map of Tipton

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tipton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Little Juniata River corridor serves as the industrial and transit heart of this region in the mid-1960s, where the Pennsylvania railroad and multiple settlements align along the valley floor. Tyrone occupies the eastern edge of the sheet, while the smaller villages of Grazierville, Tipton, and Charlottesville follow the river's bend to the southwest. This era of the landscape is marked by a mix of local recreation and infrastructure, featuring Bland Park and the Peterson Memorial Airfield alongside industrial elements like a Substation and a Gaging Station near the river.

North of the valley, the terrain rises sharply into the wooded ridges of Snyder and Brush Mountain. Large tracts of land are preserved as Rush State Game Lands No 60 and State Game Lands No 158, while the Tipton Reservoir and Throne Reservoirs secure the water supply. Notable for local historians, the map identifies several burial sites including Fox Cem and the Charlottesville Cem, plus a Covered Bridge crossing near the Little Juniata River.