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1908 Map of York

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of York
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

York and its surrounding townships at the dawn of the twentieth century reveal a landscape deeply integrated by rail and water power. The Northern Central RR and the York and Dallastown Electric Ry connect growing hubs like Red Lion and Dallastown, while industrial relics such as the Margaretta Furnace near the Cabin Creek drainage speak to the county's earlier iron-making history. Along the winding Codorus Creek, the York Water Co Pumping Station and Lake Williams show the development of early municipal infrastructure.

The map is dense with rural social geography, from the Camp Meeting Grounds in Windsor to numerous family-named schools like Smalls School and Manifold School. Numerous mills, including Lombard Mill and Sechrist Mill, are situated along the North Branch Muddy Creek and its tributaries, illustrating a traditional water-driven economy operating alongside the burgeoning steam and electric transit lines of the era.