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1957 Map of Canastota

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Canastota
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The village of Canastota serves as a focal point for this Madison County landscape, where the legacy of nineteenth-century infrastructure meets mid-century transportation shifts. The historic Erie Canal remains a prominent east-west artery, paralleled by the New York Central Railroad and the more modern New York State Thruway. To the west, Chittenango anchors the valley of Chittenango Creek, a terrain characterized by abrupt elevation changes at landmarks like Lillies Pinnacle and the Perryville Falls.

Smaller hamlets such as Oniontown and Cottons dot the rural stretches between these larger centers, while the southern portion of the map reveals a more agrarian character near Perryville and Blakeslee. Local aviation is noted at the Canastota Airport, complete with its Airway Beacon. For genealogists, the map preserves several burial sites including Lenox Rural Cem and Mt Pleasant Cem, alongside established landmarks like Chittenango Springs.