2019 Map of Tyrone

About this map

Tyrone serves as the industrial and social anchor of this Blair County landscape, where the Little Juniata River and Bald Eagle Creek converge. The settlement pattern follows the narrow valley floors, hemmed in by the prominent heights of Bald Eagle Mountain and Brush Mtn. This late-era survey reveals a densely clustered network of smaller communities like Nealmont, Ironville, and Birmingham, many of which developed around early furnace and forge sites. The map is a significant resource for genealogical research, documenting numerous small family and community burial grounds such as the Beck Family Cem, Branstetter Cem, and Nearhoff Cem. Evidence of the region’s transportation history is preserved through labels like Van Scoyoc Siding and the Warriors Mark Path, tracing the movement of goods and people between the mountain ridges.