If you grew up in Delaware Township, have family around Dewart or McEwensville, or sat in the pews at Warrior Run Church, this map gives you plenty to find. It's a modern aerial view of Delaware Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, drawn from modern data with a vintage artistic feel. The West Branch of the Susquehanna curves down the left side in blue. Green hills rise across the top and along the right. Small red buildings gather at Dewart by the river, at McEwensville near the bottom, and along the farm roads between them.
Dewart, Springtown, Warrior Run and McEwensville on one sheet
Around Dewart on the left, by the river, you'll find Main Street, River Road, Turbot Avenue and Gosh Road. Springtown Road runs east from there through Springtown in the middle of the sheet. On the right, Church Road sits near Warrior Run, and the Susquehanna Trail runs down past Warrior Run to McEwensville, where it meets Mill Street. Musser Lane, Blue Ball Road, Schooley Hill Road, Dickson Avenue, Seagrave Drive and Vincent Avenue are printed too, and more roads besides. Each red shape is a building, so zoom in on the preview and look for yours.
How Warrior Run Church began in 1775
Warrior Run Presbyterian Church is the oldest church in the West Branch valley. An 1891 history of Northumberland County tells how it began. In July 1775 a preacher named Philip Fithian came to Warrior Run. He preached from a wagon while the people sat around him in the bushes. The log meeting house had no roof yet. Shingles and nails were ready, but the roof was never put on. A second log church went up in 1789. It had a very high pulpit with a big sounding board over the minister's head. About half the people walked to church, carrying their shoes in their hands. As late as 1832 there were said to be no more than five carriages. The church that stands today was built in 1835. The state marker on the site says it was restored in 1947 by the Warrior Run Chapter of the D.A.R. On the map, the name Warrior Run is printed on the right side, along the Susquehanna Trail, above McEwensville.
Those first years were hard ones. Jacob Freeland's house in this township was stockaded in 1778 to protect the settlers. On July 29, 1779, British and Indian raiders took it. A state marker on the Susquehanna Trail says the garrison of 21 were killed or taken prisoner. The church kept going anyway. Its 1789 member list includes Patrick Dickson, Daniel Vincent and Anthony Moore. Look at the map today and you'll see Dickson Avenue, Vincent Avenue and Moore Drive.
Why Dewart is named for a Congressman
Dewart, by the river on the left side, is a younger place. The same 1891 history says it was laid out beside the railroad and named for William L. Dewart, the Congressman for the district when the post office opened. The station was first called Uniontown. Its big business was grain. Farmers hauled it to the warehouses by the tracks, and at one time about two hundred thousand bushels a year shipped out from here. The first house went up in 1857. The land east of the railroad belonged to Christian Gosh, who laid off his own lots along Main Street. Gosh Road and Gosh Drive are printed there today. McEwensville, near the bottom of the sheet, got its name at a militia supper on October 28, 1825. Before that it was called Pine Grove.
For someone who knows Dewart, Springtown or McEwensville
Created by KNOWOL in 2026, this Delaware Township map shades the hills in soft green from USGS elevation data, with the West Branch in blue down the left side. Roads are drawn from Census Bureau records, and the buildings show as small red shapes, thickest at Dewart and McEwensville. The title panel reads "Aerial View of Delaware" over "Northumberland County • Pennsylvania", with 41°07' North 76°51' West and a one-mile scale bar.
It suits a den, a farmhouse kitchen, a church hall or an office wall. It's a thoughtful gift for someone who grew up around Dewart or McEwensville, who was married at Warrior Run Church, or who moved away and misses these hills. Open the preview, find the Susquehanna Trail, and follow it to a place you know. See sizes and frames for the Delaware, Northumberland County map.
