1942 Map of Chenango Forks

About this map

The Chenango River and Tioughnioga River converge at the northern edge of this Broome County landscape, a vital junction that defines the settlement pattern of Chenango Forks. By the late 1930s, the development of Chenango Valley State Park was well underway, featuring a CCC Camp and a golf course near Lily Lake and Chenango Lake. This survey captures the rural infrastructure of the era, recording numerous numbered school districts like Barlow Sch and Pleasant Hill Sch that served the upland farming communities of Fenton and Kirkwood. Transport networks are heavily marked by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and the Delaware and Hudson railroads, which track the river valleys and pass through established hamlets such as Port Crane and Sanitaria Springs.