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1905 Map of Attica

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Attica
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Attica serves as the focal point of this early 20th-century survey, situated at the confluence of several vital rail lines and Tonawanda Creek. The landscape is a dense network of competing late-19th-century infrastructure, featuring the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and the Erie RR (Attica Branch). These corridors connect small dairy-country settlements and station stops such as Corfu Sta, Darien Center, and Alden Sta.

Southward, the terrain becomes more dissected toward Bennington and Orangeville, where smaller hamlets like Folsomdale and Cowlesville follow the winding paths of Cayuga Creek and its tributaries. Notable local landmarks include the Almshouse and the industrial infrastructure of the Attica Res and Stevens Res. The map captures a moment when rural life was still deeply tied to specific rail crossings and small crossroads communities like Danley Corners and Sierks.