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1899 Map of Cazenovia

Name: 1899 Topographic Map of Cazenovia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Cazenovia Lake serves as a central anchor for this late 19th-century survey of the Central New York uplands, where the village of Cazenovia sits at the water's edge. The landscape is defined by its early water management and transportation systems, featuring the Erieville Reservoir and the large De Ruyter Reservoir, which were essential to the regional canal and mill economies. The terrain is marked by significant elevation changes, including named heights like Cobb Hill and Indian Hill, alongside numerous cascades such as Chittenango Falls and Stone Quarry Falls.

Regional commerce in the 1890s relied heavily on the Lehigh Valley R. R. and the West Shore R. R., which connected dairy and agricultural hubs like Delphi Station and Webster Station. Genealogists may find particular interest in the older residential clusters of Quaker Settlement and Cowles Settlement, as well as the numerous small hamlets like Sheds Corners, Erieville, and New Woodstock that dotted the Madison and Onondaga county lines.