2023 Map of Womelsdorf

About this map

Womelsdorf and Robesonia anchor the northern reaches of this landscape, where the historical footprint of the Pennsylvania Germans is etched into the terrain through a high density of rural cemeteries and meeting houses. The Conrad Weiser Homestead and Memorial Park marks a site of colonial significance near Tulpehocken Creek, while the southern half of the map transitions into the high elevations of South Mountain and the Furnace Hills. Here, the land is defined by the Horse-Shoe Trl and large water features like the Middle Creek Reservoir, which serves the Middle Creek Game Preserve. The settlement patterns of Newmanstown, Kleinfeltersville, and Reinholds show a corridor of development following the base of the mountains, with family names preserved in sites like the Gensemer Family Cem and the Gockley Family Graveyard.