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1910 Map of York

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of York
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

About this map

The city of York serves as the industrial and transportation hub for this portion of southern Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. Radiating from the city, the Northern Central RR and Pennsylvania RR connect a dense network of cigar-manufacturing and agricultural villages like Red Lion and Dallastown. The landscape is defined by the steep ridges and narrow valleys of the Piedmont, where numerous small watercourses like Inners Creek and Barshinger Creek once powered local industry.

Evidence of the region's earlier industrial roots is visible at Margaretta Furnace, while the social fabric of the era is anchored by numerous rural institutions, including the Campmeeting Grounds and scattered country schools like Klein School and Gilbert School. Along the eastern edge, the Susquehanna River flows past Wrightsville, marking a historic crossing point for the various pike roads that thread through the hills toward the county seat.