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1968 Map of Titusville North

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Titusville North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Titusville stands as the primary urban center in this 1968 landscape, anchoring a region defined by its industrial heritage and rural crossroads. The city's northern reaches feature institutions like the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville and the St Josephs High School, alongside essential community hubs like the Hospital and City Hall. Stretching north from the city, the land rises into the ridges of Rome and Steuben, where numerous Oil Wells dot the terrain, particularly around Vrooman and Rometown. This distribution illustrates the enduring footprint of the Pennsylvania oil boom, with pump jacks and well sites scattered across family-named farms.

Transportation and commerce follow the paths of Oil Creek and the Penn Central railroad, which cut through Hydetown. The rural landscape is marked by a network of smaller settlements such as Mageetown Corners and Shelmadine Springs, each often centered around a local Cem or a country church like St Stephens Ch. These small clusters, connected by early routes and a rugged Jeep Trail in the north, represent the established 19th-century social fabric of Crawford County.