Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania - from actual survey

Plate 1

General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; borough insets show buildings and occupants' names; Chambersburg inset shows only buildings. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress by Riley & Hoffman in the year 1858 in the. Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined). Includes county statistical table, "Census of 1850" agricultural data table, Chambersburg directory of "Attorneys at law", key to abbreviations, and illustrations of prominent buildings. Borough/village insets: Chambersburg -- St. Thomas -- Strasburg -- Altodale -- Fannetsburg -- Orr's Town -- Greencastle -- Marion -- Waynesboro -- Fayetteville -- Roxbury -- New Franklin -- Greenvillage -- Quincy -- Middleburg -- Loudon -- Mercersburg. 3 copies

Date

1858

Mapmaker / publisher

Davison, D. H.; Rease, W. H.; Riley & Hoffman

Archive

Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

map

Original size

17,550 × 17,366 pixels

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