Centre County Maps

Over many years, Edward J. Heary has painstakingly created connected draft maps of the original owners of land in three counties in central Pennsylvania (Centre, Clearfield and Clinton), thus performing a priceless service for genealogists. These maps show the boundaries of the tracts on topographic maps, warrantees of the tracts, and the survey number of each, so that the original surveys can be obtained from the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. The Centre Co. Genealogical Society is in the process of transcribing all of the tract owners and will publish this volume soon. They have also published an invaluable volume of early church records that has includes baptisms of many first landowner families: Brush Valley Names: "The Matricul," or Birth and Baptism Register of Brush Valley Union Church, Rebersburg, PA 1792-1855.

For researchers using the 1860 census, the 1861 Digital Atlas of Centre County has been posted online by Penn State University. Navigation of this excellent map is a bit tricky, but you can also access each township or borough independently.

Also, we are posting here illustrations from the 1883 History of Centre and Clinton Counties by John Blair Linn. They may be opened by clicking on your choice of map and then enlarged by clicking on the images. They may also be saved to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "Save Image As..."

Centre & Clinton Counties, 1792 (click twice to enlarge)
Centre County Townships, 1882 (click twice to enlarge)
Maps from Linn & Other Sources	Aaronsburg, 1861 Aaronsburg Surveys, 1801 ) Bald Eagle Creek, Officers Surveys (1769) Bald Eagle Township Surveys Bellefonte, Original Surveys Buffalo Valley Burnside & part of Shoe Shoe Townships Indian Land Improvements, 1785 Liberty Township Surveys Lock Haven Original Surveys Sugar Valley Original Surveys, 1814

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