Buildings block by block
Sanborn Maps
Explore Shamokin block by block through eight Sanborn map editions, from 1885 to 1929. Choose a year to browse every page.
The city through time
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186 pages trace buildings, businesses, railroads, and neighborhoods as the city grew. These fire-insurance maps show what stood at the time of each edition; they do not establish when a building first opened or closed.
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Industrial detail · 1929
National Ticket Company plant on the 1929 Sanborn map
A selected map detail showing the National Ticket Company plant beside railroad tracks.
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