Author: TheKnowOwl

Find North Main Street, Water Street and Meadville City Hall on a new map of Meadville, Pennsylvania, then read how David Mead laid out the town in 1793 and where he stopped his survey.

See Dewart, Springtown, Warrior Run and McEwensville on one map of Delaware Township, then learn how Warrior Run Church began with a preacher on a wagon in 1775.

Fort Indiantown Gap, Harper Tavern, Ono and Memorial Lake State Park on one 2026 map of East Hanover Township in Lebanon County, plus how the Gap started in 1929 and where its name came from.

Find West Main Street, Shawnee Cemetery and Coal Street on a 2026 map of Plymouth, then learn how Abijah Smith began shipping coal down the Susquehanna by ark in 1807.

Rte 40 through Buffalo Township is the old National Road, and the stone S Bridge stands where it meets Green Valley Road. Find Taylorstown Station, Coffeys Crossing, Sugar Hill and your own road on this 2026 map.

Follow Broad Street, Kelly Drive and Ridge Avenue on this Philadelphia map. Then learn how a machine tested at 3747 Ridge Ave. in 1949 helped start the commercial computer age.

Follow West Main Street, East Main Street and Railroad Street on this Palmyra map, and learn how John Palm’s Palmstown got through a drought by digging its wells deeper.

How did Paradise get its name? In 1804 a map publisher stood in the middle of the turnpike, looked around and said so. This new map of Paradise Township shows Lincoln Highway East, Strasburg Road, Leaman Place, Kinzers and the ridges to the south.

Oley’s name comes from the hills that ring its valley. Follow Main Street and Memorial Highway on this 2026 map, and find the Hoch, Yoder and Deturk names printed on its roads.

Find Garden View, Mill Lane, Bottle Run Road and the hills of Old Lycoming Township on this map. A local historical marker tells how Williamson Road opened a route through this country in the 1790s.

See North Codorus Township in York County from Hanover Junction to Kraft Mill, and learn how Lincoln’s train changed railroads at Hanover Junction on the way to Gettysburg in 1863.

Trace Dearth Road past Dearth to the National Pike near Rocks Works, then follow the pike northwest to Sea Right. Read about Searight’s tavern, once called the Half Way House, and the tollhouse Pennsylvania built in 1835.

Follow Milford Road past Coolbaugh, Echo Lake and Shoemakers on this 2026 map of Middle Smithfield Township, then read about the mastodon found near Marshalls Creek in 1968.

Follow Macdade Boulevard through Folsom on this map of Ridley Township in Delaware County, then find Leiperville near Chester Pike and Crum Creek Drive near the bottom left of the map.

The Forbes Road of 1758 passed through Quemahoning Township in Somerset County. Follow Lincoln Highway and Whistler Road out from Stoystown, read about the supply depot called The Ovens, and learn what the name Quemahoning means.

Follow Old Fort Road from Penns Valley Pike to Potters Mills on this 2026 map of Potter Township in Centre County, and learn about the fort James Potter built in 1777.

Follow King Street and Charlotte Street across Pottstown, then learn how John Potts built Pottsgrove Manor in 1752 and how a railroad blacksmith shop built the first iron truss bridge in the United States in 1845.

Follow the streets of Plains Township from Plainsville and Port Bowkley to Fox Hill, then meet Big Ed Walsh, the Hall of Fame pitcher born in Plains in 1881 who won 40 games in 1908.

Follow Pittsburgh’s streets from Fort Pitt Boulevard through the Strip District to Lawrenceville, then up to Grandview Avenue. Learn how Mount Washington was once Coal Hill, where Pennsylvania’s bituminous coal industry began around 1760.

Follow Bridge Street from the Borough Building toward the river, then take Park Avenue into Drexel Hills. Find the streets named for Haldeman and learn where Governor John W. Geary lived.

Follow West Chester Pike and North Newtown Street Road across a map of Newtown Township in Delaware County, and find the National Register mill site near Paper Mill Road and Saint Davids Road.

Follow York Road south of Churchtown toward Brandtsville, then Park Place east to Williams Grove, on this 2026 map of Monroe Township in Cumberland County. Learn about Plank’s early plow patent.

Napier Township’s map runs from Shawnee State Park toward New Paris and Point. Follow Lincoln Highway to the Forbes Road split, then find Cemetery Road near the site of a log church begun in 1806.

Follow Baltimore Pike from Wawa to Black Horse on this Middletown Township map, then head south to Glen Riddle. Along the way, learn how a man living in Lima patented the paper matchbook in 1892.

Robert Morris and General Moreau both lived in a grove house described by the 1876 Bucks County history. This map of the Bucks County borough shows East Bridge Street and the green areas labeled Williamson and Patriots, and tells how that house burned on Christmas Day in 1811.

Cross the Mill Street bridge in Milesburg, find the old street names from the first town lots of 1793, and see where Spring Creek meets Bald Eagle Creek at the site of Bald Eagle’s Nest.

Follow River Road from Washington Boro past Creswell and Highville, then learn about the Conestoga town near today’s Letort and the 1763 killings, on this 2026 map of Manor Township in Lancaster County.

Follow Sproul Road past Broomall and Woods at Langford, then take Cedar Grove Road past Kent Park. Near Lawrence Road, Thomas Massey owned 300 acres by 1696 and built a brick house before 1708.

An 1883 county history places Jacksonville on the Andrew Eakin tract surveyed in 1769 and recalls a house built there by Uncle Jimmy. Follow Walnut Street and Jacksonville Road across Marion Township’s ridges on this 2026 map of Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Before it was Luzerne, this Luzerne County town was Hartseph, then Mill Hollow, named for its four mills. Follow Bennett Street, Main Street and Mill Hollow Road on a new map made in 2026.

See Manchester Township in York County from Emigsville to Foustown, and learn how Roundtown got its name from a ring of houses on the old York and Lewisberry road.

Follow Hill Church Road from the Pike Township Building out to Pikeville, Lobachsville and Pine Waters, and learn why early settlers hung their seed corn under the Hill Church roof.

Follow Conrad Weiser Parkway through Stouchsburg on this 2026 map of Marion Township in Berks County, and read the county history’s account of Washington meeting three former bodyguards in 1793.

Trace Packerton Dam Drive and Hemlock Drive toward Mertz Town, then find New Mahoning and the story of John Erb’s 1842 powder mill.

Follow Northway Road through Loyalsock Township in Lycoming County, from the Township Building up to Heshbon Park. Then read about Daniel Hughes, who sheltered people escaping slavery near Freedom Road, and learn why Loyalsock means the middle creek.

Follow Craley Road from Bittersville to Craley on a new map of Lower Windsor Township in York County. Then learn about the old Conojohela Valley name and Thomas Cresap’s log fort, burned in 1736.