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Map Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys Map of Schuylkill Co

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Title

  • Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys

Other Title

  • Map of Schuylkill Co

Names

  • Scott, Walter (Surveyor)
  • Cox, W. J. (Surveyor)
  • Scott, James D.
  • S. Lewis & J.S. Hawley Civil Engineers.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : James D. Scott, 1863.

Headings

  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County--Maps
  • -  Coal lands--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County--Maps
  • -  Anthracite coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County--Maps
  • -  Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County--Directories
  • -  Schuylkill County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Ashland (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Saint Clair (Schuylkill County, Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Port Carbon (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Orwigsburg (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Minersville (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Cressona (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Pottsville (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Pine Grove (Schuylkill County, Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Tremont (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Mahanoy City (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Ashland
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--St. Clair (Schuylkill County)
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Port Carbon
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Orwigsburg
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Minersville
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Cressona
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Pottsville
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Pine Grove (Schuylkill County)
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Tremont
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Mahanoy City

Genre

  • Cadastral maps
  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Shows householders' names in rural areas, real-property tracts in mining townships, coal mining lands, colliery locations, and anthracite coal seams in gray tint; also shows lot lines, buildings, and owners' names in the borough insets.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Hand col. to distinguish townships, boroughs, anthracite-mining company lands, and railroad company lands.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year [words not printed] Scott in ... and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Sectioned to 36 panels to enable folding.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped by U.S.G.S., cloth backing torn along some panel interstices.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 792
  • -  Includes borough business directories and ill. of collieries/industries/hotels.
  • -  Borough insets: Ashland -- St. Clair -- Port Carbon -- Orwigsburg -- Minersville -- Cressona -- Pottsville -- Pine Grove -- Tremont -- Mahanoy City.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 114 x 126 cm., folded to 27 x 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.S3G46 1863 .S3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012592201

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Scott, Walter, W. J Cox, James D Scott, and S. Lewis & J.S. Hawley Civil Engineers. Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: James D. Scott, 1863. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592201/.

APA citation style:

Scott, W., Cox, W. J., Scott, J. D. & S. Lewis & J.S. Hawley Civil Engineers. (1863) Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: James D. Scott. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592201/.

MLA citation style:

Scott, Walter, et al. Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: James D. Scott, 1863. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012592201/>.