1943 Map of Bloomville

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The West Branch Delaware River carves through this upland portion of Delaware County, where the settlement of Bloomville sits at the junction of the New York Central Road and Wright Brook. The landscape in the mid-1940s is defined by a dense network of district schools and family cemeteries that speak to a distributed dairy-farming economy. Researchers can locate specific schoolhouses such as Federal Hill Sch, Glen Burnie Sch, and Miller Ave Sch, which served the rural families living along the steep ridges of Bramley Mtn and Boomhower Hill. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, Bovina Center marks the valley of the Little Delaware River, connected to the northern reaches by the high-elevation Bovina Hill Road. The prominence of named brooks like Kidd Brook and Kiff Brook underscores the importance of water access for the various townships including Meredith and Kortright.