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1946 Map of Brewster

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Brewster
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The borderlands of New York and Connecticut are defined here by a network of significant water management systems and rural crossings during the mid-1940s. The village of Brewster serves as a central hub, connected by the New York Central railroad which skirts the edge of Lake Tonetta. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling reaches of the East Branch Reservoir and Bog Brook Reservoir, which transformed the local topography.

Smaller settlements and family-named crossroads like Steinbeck Cors, De Forest Corners, and Haines Cors provide a look into the residential patterns of Putnam County before later suburban expansion. Educational and social foundations are represented by the Big Elm Sch and the YMCA Camp near Putnam Lake. The presence of the Union Cem and Gerow Cem near Ball Pond offers essential data points for those tracing the lineage of families settled along the state line.