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1950 Map of Clarence Center

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Clarence Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Erie Canal commerce and agrarian life define this landscape on the Niagara-Erie county line. The northern boundary is dominated by the canal as it passes through Pendleton, featuring the Sulphur Springs Guard Lock and Hawley Bridge. To the south, the settlement at Clarence Center sits at a crossroads of the New York Central Railroad, while smaller hamlets like Swormville and Wolcottsburg provide a look at the early 20th-century rural township structure.

A network of drainage including Tonawanda Creek, Ransom Creek, and Mud Creek supports the surrounding farmland. Numerous district schools, numbered one through seventeen, such as School No 8 and School No 12, are scattered throughout the quadrangle, preserving the locations of community centers that predated modern school centralization. Notable local landmarks like Steffen Airport and the Transit Valley Golf Course indicate the mid-century evolution of land use in the Buffalo suburbs.