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1943 Map of Baldwinsville

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Baldwinsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The confluence of the Seneca River and Oneida River at Three Rivers anchor this 1943 survey, a landscape defined by the convergence of major New York waterways and the State Barge Canal. Central to the map is the industrial and residential core of Baldwinsville, where the canal and river systems intersect. The interior reflects an earlier rural organization, with numerous numbered schoolhouses like School No 14 and School No 7 serving small crossroads communities such as Belgium and Moyers Corners.

The industrial importance of the region is evident in the rail infrastructure, including the New York Central and Hudson River RR and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR. These corridors, alongside family-named landmarks like Chase Cem and Rouse Cem, provide a rich resource for tracing ancestral property and community centers before modern suburban expansion transformed Onondaga and Oswego Counties.