Category Archives: maps

York, PA Had Its Own Wall Street

Posted on July 15, 2008 by june lloyd

Wall Street, 1903 A colleague recently asked me where Wall Street used to be in York. It doesn’t appear on present-day maps. A search through old maps with a magnifying glass located a tiny little Wall Street in the 1903 … Continue reading →

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Mapping York, PA’s Past

Posted on July 1, 2008 by june lloyd

Part of Freystown, 1876 Maps are fascinating. They document the charges in communities over the years. You can see how residential, social, and industrial patterns evolve as an area grows, or in some cases, retracts. I recently looked at the … Continue reading →

Posted in 1830s, 1850s, 1870s, 1900s, Freystown, maps, roads, Spring Garden Twp., streets, Universal York, York | 4 Comments

North, South, East, West–Where Are These York Streets?

Posted on June 26, 2008 by june lloyd

East Street, 1903 Like many cities, York, Pennsylvania has a street named for each direction of the compass. I must admit, though, I had to look at a current atlas to find East Street, even though I go by it … Continue reading →

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How Did They Get There from York?

Posted on March 2, 2008 by june lloyd

Click here for the Library of Congress zoomable 1751 Fry-Jefferson map. I recently wrote about York County residents being recruited to move to Virginia in the 1870s. Click here to read that post. There were several paths, following very early … Continue reading →

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Many, Many Mills in York County, Pennsylvania

Posted on December 13, 2007 by june lloyd

The Lewis Miller drawing above shows a busy King’s Mill in 1799. In a previous post I mentioned that, now and in the past, we are impressed by the biggest and the best. Sometimes, though, we must stop and wonder … Continue reading →

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