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1969 Map of Big Flats

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Big Flats
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Big Flats occupies the broad valley where Winfield Creek meets the Chemung River, serving as a vital transport corridor during the late 1960s. The landscape is defined by its industrial and transit infrastructure, featuring both the Penn Central and Erie-Lackawanna railroads alongside the Chemung County Airport. This era of development is juxtaposed against a deeply rooted rural history, evidenced by numerous family-named hollows like Breed Hollow and Eacher Hollow that cut through the surrounding uplands.

Several small settlements and rural crossroads such as Post Creek, Tompkins Corners, and Fisherville anchor the community, while the presence of the State Forest Preserve to the north suggests a balance between valley floor industry and protected ridges. Genealogists will find particular value in the scattered burial grounds, including Rural Home Cem and Goff Cem, which mark the early footprint of families across the Steuben and Chemung county line.