2010 Map of Brookfield

About this map

Brookfield serves as the central hub of this upstate New York region, where the terrain is defined by the drainage of Beaver Creek and Button Creek toward the Unadilla River. The landscape is a network of rural settlements including Leonardsville, Bridgewater, and West Edmeston, connected by a series of long-standing turnpikes and roads such as the Skaneateles Tpke. This 2010 survey is particularly notable for genealogists, as it meticulously identifies numerous family-named burial grounds and rural resting places throughout the townships. From the Gorton Cemetery in the north near Gorton Lake to the West Edmeston Cemetery in the south, these sites offer a spatial record of the area's early families. The transition from high ground at Mount Hungar and Gorton Hill down to the river valley illustrates the traditional agricultural and residential patterns that have persisted in the Unadilla Valley for generations.