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1912 Map of Williamsport

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Williamsport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1924
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1924

About this map

The Potomac River winds through the heart of this tri-state borderland, serving as the definitive line between Maryland and West Virginia. This 1912 survey, reprinted in 1924, captures the industrial and agricultural landscape where the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal hugs the river's bends, passing through Williamsport and past the distinctive Dellinger Widewater. The complex transportation network of the era is on full display, from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Hagerstown Electric Railway, which connects smaller settlements like Huyett and Kemps.

Further inland, the terrain shifts from the flat valley floor to the prominent ridges of the Bear Pond Mountains and Fairview Mtn. Local genealogy and land use are preserved through numerous rural schoolhouses and churches, such as St Pauls Church and the McLaughlin School. Industrial history is grounded in sites like the Cushwa Mill and the many tollgates along the Western Turnpike and other regional roads.