SULLIVAN COUNTY PA 

                               Historical Society and Museum  


458 Meylert St  Laporte PA  18626  

458 Meylert Street
Laporte, PA 18626

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museum@scpahistory.com

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MAP COLLECTION

MAP COLLECTION

 The maps listed below are available for viewing at the Museum.  Please contact us to schedule an appointment to view them. 

  • 1878 map 78-494-a, from copy of cover page of Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania Report of Progress, 1885
  • Lopez grid of property with highlights of coal and lumber to 1891 (cloth)
  • Tannery - W.N.B.R.R., location second school (no date) ('waxed' cloth)
  • 1831 (prior to existence of Sullivan County)
  • 1831 showing canals and proposed railroads
  • 1840's hand drawn map of 720 acres (2 tracts) of Aron and John Fritz in English and German
  • 1872 in deplorable condition
  • 1872 of Sullivan County
  • 1878 Geological map of Sullivan County by J. P. Lesley
  • 1892 drawn by Ulysses Bird of Sullivan County (copy)
  • 1900 Pennsylvania with colored counties and population listings and keeper 'cover'
  • 1904 RRs of PA, published by Dept. of Internal Affairs of Pa., colored lithograph.
  • 1932 topo Shrewsbury Twp.
  • 1953 topo Laporte, Davidson Twps.
  • 1961 Surveyor's Map by S.R.Kirkland of Cherry and Colley Twps. for Michael & Joan Comerford
  • 1986 Traffic and Legislative Route, S.C.
  • aerial view of Laporte and Lake Mokoma
  • Bellas Land in Wyoming, Luzerne & Sullivan done in 1930 from "old PA surveys in red"
  • Bernice Land property, Cherry and Colley Twps., 1953
  • Bradford, Lycoming and Columbia counties in letter of 1895 (copy)
  • Celestia, as deeded to God in 1864
  • Cherry Twp. land of T. Rouse from Anthony Novosel, 2/25, 1939
  • Connected draft of 3 tracts of land of Crooks, White and Binder, 1885
  • Connected draft of 5 tracts of land of Poutney, Downing, Thomas, Junr, Wilkinson, 1885
  • Contour, Laporte, 1934
  • Counties Pike, Monroe and Wayne connect (east), 1921
  • Davidson Twp. land of Jane Kiess to Davidson Twp. School District, 1940
  • Davidson Twp., 1927, individual history from warrant
  • Davidson Twp., 1927, individual history from warrant (copy)
  • drawing of Philadelphians appearing on Sullivan County warrant map (recreation)
  • Dushore (borough), Cherry Township
  • Dushore Boro., Fairchild Addition but Nathan Persun, property (sub-divide) of Fred Newell, late 1800's
  • Dushore Borough concerning proposed concrete state road, 1920's
  • Dushore Borough roads from 1929 to 1936 (sets)
  • Dushore Borough, concerning dispute of Cronin vs. borough (no date)
  • Eagles Mere Chautawqua property, no date
  • Eagles Mere identified walking tour
  • Eagles Mere quadrangle: Elkland - Forks - Hillsgrove - Plunketts Creek - Shrewsbury - Davidson - Franklin, 1927
  • Eagles Mere Lake depth
  • Endless Mt. Heritage Trail, pre-2005 highlights and roads in Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna & Wyoming counties
  • Forks Township original tract survey, found in papers of John Bird, no date
  • Forksville and Forks Twp., no date
  • Forksville Coal. Co., mine workings, dates 1936 and 1942 on the maps
  • French Asylum Land Co., 1806 (copy, 2)
  • Genealogical of counties of Penna.
  • Grant section for warrants, unidentified date or location, but names on sections
  • Greens Map
  • Greenwood Cemetery original plot layout
  • Greenwood Cemetery plot map
  • Highway map of Sullivan County, 1974
  • Historical Map Sullivan County, 1944
  • Lake Makoma, 1918
  • Lands of Joseph Priestly, Jr.
  • Laporte, Thorne, Spruce and Muncy Streets,  and Beech, no date
  • Laporte Borough in 1847 signed by Surveyor General John Laporte, originally from Joseph Ingham
  • Laporte Borough, showing Lake Makoma, no date
  • Laporte corner drawing of streets Muncy, Thorne, Spruce and Beech
  • Laporte Quandrangle, 1931
  • Laporte streets with lots marked off by front footage, no date
  • Laporte Twp., 1976, Township Road map
  • LaPorte Twp., Shaffer lot, "copy from old map", no date (circa 1800's)
  • Linnlands, in Wm. Penn's Woods, 1950
  • Lopez grid of property with highlights of coal and lumber, 1891
  • Lopez land for Stephen & Julia Chupack, 1940
  • Lopez, 1889 (proposed town lay out by lots) "per A.F. Brown"
  • Lumber RR (s.g.)
  • Mason, W.C county map of elevations, with twp. acreage listed (no date)
  • Molyneaux Cemetery by Ulysses Bird, Mar. 28, 1882 (copy)
  • Negative of 1847 warrant map, original of Joseph Ingham
  • Negative of 1847 warrant map, original of Joseph Ingham, reverse image on paper
  • Of Railroads in S.C.
  • Of where items were found
  • Official Directory and Census Reports from 1850-1900
  • Orchard plan of 1800's
  • Original of Eagles Mere Lake topographic
  • Original of Eagles Mere Lake topographic
  • Original of lands of W&NB Railroad, c. 1890
  • Pa., May 22, 1930 weekly issued by Dept. of Highways
  • Penna. 1920 Road Map
  • Pennsylvania, published by the Republican News Item, Laporte in 1906
  • Plan and profile of proposed tunnel, etc. at Bernice, no date or scale
  • Plan of Dushore, no date (1800's)
  • Plunketts Creek, Shrewsbury and Wolfe Townships with warrant parcels depicted, no date
  • Points of Interest and General Highways of Sullivan County
  • Property from Edward Flynn to Robert Exley, Cherry Twp., June 1952, 12.25 acres
  • Published newsprint of Santiago troop movement, 7/3/1898
  • Railroads of Pennsylvania, 1898
  • Railroads of Pennsylvania, 1901
  • Railroads of Pennsylvania, 1898 and 1901
  • Railways of U.S. and Canada, 1857
  • Ransom Insurance for Dushore, Laporte and Eagles Mere, 1926
  • Ricketts Glen State Park
  • Sullivan County (no date)
  • Sullivan County 1949, printed for Foley's Corner Service Station (copy)
  • Sullivan County 2009 with "new" road identities
  • Sullivan County 2009 with "new" road without # identities
  • Sullivan County drawn by Ulysses Bird, 1892 (reproduction, copy)
  • Sullivan County put out by W.R.Stepp, candidate for commissioner 1959
  • Sullivan County Railroads, no date (originial) 9" x 12")
  • Sullivan County 1980
  • Sullivan County 1990
  • Sullivan County Dec. 1954
  • Sullivan County legend: "improved roads, dirt, places of interest, named mts.,fire towers, streams and falls",no date
  • Sullivan County drawn by Elizabeth Matte
  • Sullivan County Recreation Facilities & Historic Sites,1987
  • Schools in S.C.
  • Showing north boundaries of Forks, Cherry and Colley Twps. To highlight Laporte Boro, Ringdale and Nordmont areas, 1969
  • Shrinerville, 1872 (plot map)
  • State Game Lands No. 12, Map 1 of 2, Fox Twp.
  • State Game Lands No. 12, Map 2 of 2, Fox & Elkland Twp.
  • State Game Lands No. 13, Map 1 of 4, 1999, Davidson Twp.
  • State Game Lands No. 13, Map 2 of 4, 1989, Davidson, Laporte & Colley Twps.
  • State Game Lands No. 13, Map 3 of 4, 1999, Cherry, Colley & Laporte Twps.
  • State Game Lands No. 13, Map 4 of 4, 1999, Colley & Davidson Twps.
  • State Game Lands No. 134, Hillsgrove Twp.
  • State Game Lands No. 57, Map 1 of 3, 1998, Wyoming & Luzerne Counties
  • State Game Lands No. 57, Map 2 of 3, 1998, Wyoming & Luzerne Counties
  • State Game Lands No. 57, Map 3 of 3, Wyoming & Luzerne Counties
  • State Game Lands No. 66, 1990, Colley & Cherry Twps.
  • State High Way, relocation of through property of Gover Crist in Davidson Twp., 1940
  • Sullivan and Lycoming Counties, encompassing the Loyalsock Creek, 1932
  • Sullivan Land Co., mining grafts south of Dushore in Forks, Cherry, Laporte and Shrewsburty Twps., no date
  • Tannerytown, R.R. line, (no date)
  • Text book map showing U.S. highways and railroads
  • Topographical of #6 Drift Mouth and adjacent lands, 1902
  • Topographical of coal and timberlands, May 1, 1878, 600 acres per inch
  • Township lines for Laporte, Forks, Cherry, no date
  • Township lines for Laporte, Forks, Cherry,("enlargement" of more detailed one) no date
  • Tracts of a total of twenty-five land sections previously known as Northumberland, now Sullivan county, 1885, paper on cloth back
  • Unidentified location, but dates are 1790 and 92 for tracts, Geo. Jackson written on back
  • Warrant done 1897
  • Warrant of Clarence Williams, C.E.
  • Wheelerville Area, survey of 1930
  • Wmspt. & North Branch R.R., Tracts of Land of, no date but before tracks were completed above Nordmont
  • Wyoming & Tiadaghton State Forests (3), no date
  • Wyoming & Tiadaghton State Forests, Public Use Map (2), no date
  • Elkland Twp., done by Ulysses Bird, Surveyor on May 21, 1898 for draft of road
  • Elkland Twp., done by Ulysses Bird, surveyor on Nov. 6, 1891 from Eldredville near Union school to Swamp Run Rd. on Thos. McCarty
  • Maple Spiles                      5 with hooks
  • PA, showing the development of, 1920 (copies)
  • Railroads in Sullivan County
  • Roads, listing of 1800
  • Sullivan County Endless Mts. Region
  • Sullivan County Historical map, done in 1945, showing tanneries and early settlers
  • Sullivan County simple drawing
  • Sullivan County 'some early settlers, printed 1944



 

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Laporte, PA 18626

ph: 570-946-5020

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