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1911 Map of Antwerp

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Antwerp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1911
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1911

About this map

Antwerp and Philadelphia anchor this 1911 survey of the northern New York landscape, where the Indian River and Black River carve through a network of small agricultural and industrial hamlets. The terrain is defined by its transition from the Pine Plains in the south to the undulating hills of the north. Significant railroad infrastructure from the New York Central and Hudson River RR branches like the Ogdensburg Division and the Adirondack Branch connects remote outposts such as Sterlingville and Lewisburg.

Local history is preserved through dozens of family-named intersections and crossings, including Bishops Corners, Cattail Corners, and Doolins Crossing. Industry along the riverbanks is evident at Woods Mill and the paper mill settlement of Deferiet, while Pine Camp marks an early footprint of the area's military history. The map also traces the jagged boundary lines between Jefferson and Lewis Counties, showing a detailed web of early 20th-century rural life.