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1904 Map of Boonville

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Boonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

The Black River Canal serves as a dominant industrial corridor through Oneida County in the early twentieth century, accompanied by its associated Feeder and the Black River itself. This waterway infrastructure was critical to the economic life of Boonville, which appears here as a significant regional hub complete with the Boonville Reservoir and a connection to the N. Y. C. and H. R. R. R. (Utica Line). The landscape is defined by its numerous family-named peaks and ridges, such as Potato Hill, Webster Hill, and Tripp Pinnacle, which dictate the winding paths of the Mohawk River and its various branches.

Small agricultural and milling hamlets like Westernville, Hawkinsville, and Frenchville are scattered across the terrain, often located at the confluence of creeks like Big Brook and Dry Brook. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of early rural centers including South Hill Church and smaller settlements like Pasadena and Lorena that were vital to the local community before modern highway expansion.