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1953 Map of Avoca

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Avoca
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The Cohocton River valley defines this mid-century landscape in Steuben County, where the parallel tracks of the Erie RR and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR trace the valley floor. The village of Avoca serves as a central hub for this transportation corridor, flanked by the smaller settlements of Wallace and Bloomerville to the northwest. This 1953 field-checked survey highlights a rural economy transitioning from early rail-dependent growth to a network of established farm roads like Loucks Road and Wagner Road.

Upland features such as Waterbury Hill and Canoe Hill overlook a series of tributary hollows, including Twelvemile Creek and Goff Creek. For those researching local lineages, the map identifies several key burial sites, such as Maple View Cem near Cohocton and the Vale of Rest Cem south of Wallace. The presence of smaller bodies of water like Smith Pond and Loucks Pond provides specific landmarks for tracing property boundaries and historic homesteads within the townships of Avoca and Howard.