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1954 Map of Burnt Hills

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Burnt Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Mourning Kill and Alplaus Kill drain a landscape transitioning from rural farmsteads to mid-century residential developments in this mid-1950s survey. The area around Burnt Hills and East Glenville shows significant growth, with suburban clusters like Harmon Park, Ralmar Park, and Woodruff Heights beginning to fill the spaces between older crossroads. This shift is reflected in the school system, where newer facilities like the High Sch and Central Sch in Burnt Hills stand alongside remnants of the earlier district system, such as Sch No 4 and the Industrial Farm Sch.

Genealogists will find numerous family-associated sites, including the Sweetman Cem, Smith Cem, and Pine Grove Cem. Transport networks are anchored by the Delaware and Hudson and Boston and Maine Railroad, which skirt the southern and eastern edges of the quadrangle. The map captures the exact era when the historically agricultural townships of Charlton and Ballston began to integrate into the burgeoning capital district commuter belt.