1939 Map of Belmont

About this map

Friendship and Belmont anchor this section of Allegany County during the late 1930s, a landscape defined by the winding course of the Genesee River and an extensive network of rural school districts. The map documents a transition in transportation, showing the Erie and Pittsburg Shawmut and Northern railroads alongside emerging state routes. A high density of rural schoolhouses, from Moulton Sch to the White Hill Sch, suggests a community structure still largely decentralized and tied to localized farming and industry.