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1946 Map of Canastota

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

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Canastota serves as a major hub of industry and transport in this mid-century survey, where the heavy infrastructure of the New York Central (4 Tracks) rail line and the Old Erie (Abandoned) Canal converge. The landscape reflects a complex layering of New York's transit history, showing the older canal bed alongside the modern Barge Canal and the West Shore Canal. To the south, the terrain rises toward Lillies Pinnacle and Oak Hill, where rural life is anchored by local institutions like Oak Hill Sch and the settlement of Perryville.

Family history is preserved through numerous cemeteries such as Mt Pleasant Cem and Lenox Rural Cem, while the industrial character of the region is further evidenced by a Limestone Quarry and the Lehigh Valley railroad. Smaller crossroads like Campbells Corners and Cottons illustrate the scattered settlement patterns that persisted alongside the busier corridors of the Seneca Turnpike and Valley Road.