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1958 Map of Brownville

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Brownville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Black River corridor and the industrial village of Brownville anchor the southern reaches of this Jefferson County landscape in the late 1950s. The village, alongside nearby Glen Park, showcases the proximity of residential settlement to the New York Central rail line and the river's edge. Moving north, the terrain transitions into a mosaic of farm fields and woodlots, defined by long straight-line roads like Military Road and Pamelia Center Road.

Preservation and recreation are central to the northern quadrangle, dominated by the Perch Lake and the Perch River State Game Management Area, a region subject to controlled inundation. Local genealogists will find numerous family-named landmarks and resting places, including Rouses Cem, Stevens Cem, and Parrish Cem. Smaller hamlets like Stone Mills and Noseville appear alongside 1950s cultural markers like the Drive-in Theater and Willowbrook Country Club.