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1943 Map of Castile

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Castile
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Silver Lake serves as the central focal point of this 1943 Wyoming County survey, surrounded by several distinct lakeside communities. The landscape reflects a well-established rail and industrial network during the mid-war era, with the Baltimore and Ohio and Erie railroads intersecting at Silver Lake Junction. This junction facilitated movement between the salt-producing village of Silver Springs and the larger commercial hub of Perry to the northeast.

The distribution of small hamlets like Rock Glen, Sowerby Corners, and Castile Center shows the persistence of rural settlements connected by winding roads through hills like Oak Hill. At the southern edge, the map captures the beginning of Letchworth State Park and the course of Wolf Creek, illustrating the transition from the settled farming and rail corridors of Gainesville and Castile toward the dramatic terrain of the Genesee Valley.