1916 Map of Canaseraga

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The Pittsburgh Shawmut and Northern RR and the Erie RR converge in the northeastern corner of this survey, defining the industrial and transit corridor near Canaseraga and Whitney Crossings Garwoods Sta. This region of western New York is characterized by a dense network of district schools, ranging from the uniquely named Thornbury School and New Michigan School to numerous numbered schoolhouses that reflect the rural population's distribution before mid-century consolidation. The landscape is deeply carved by watercourses like Canaseraga Creek and the Canisteo River, with agricultural life centered around small hamlets such as Birdsall, West Almond, and Karrdale. A notable civic landmark, the County House, stands near Angelica, while smaller corners like Tinkertown and Gas Spring provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads in these narrow valleys.