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1953 Map of Bath

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Bath
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Cohocton River valley defines the industrial and social hub of this 1950s Steuben County landscape. The village of Bath serves as the focal point, where the Erie RR and Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR intersect, supporting a network of local commerce including the Fair Grounds and a Drive-in Theater. To the west, the expansive Veterans Administration Center occupies a significant footprint on the valley floor, while residential growth climbs toward Haverling Heights.

Beyond the central village, the terrain rises sharply into the surrounding hills, where smaller agrarian communities like Knight Settlement and Dudley Settlement maintain their distinct identities. The landscape is punctuated by numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Knight Cem and Grant Cem, offering valuable data for genealogists tracing early residents of Urbana and Thurston. The southern reaches are more remote, dominated by deep ravines like Stocking Gulf and quiet crossroads at Coss Corners.