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1941 Map of Cleveland

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Cleveland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

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Oneida Lake dominates this 1941 landscape, serving as a central thoroughfare for the Barge Canal Route. Along the northern shore, the New York Ontario and Western RR connects waterfront settlements like Constantia, Bernhard Bay, and Cleveland. The map reveals a high density of rural education centers during this era, including the Dakins Bay Sch, Plymouth Sch, and Smith Ridge Sch.

South of the lake, the terrain shifts into the town of Sullivan and the northern reaches of the Cicero Swamp. Local travel is defined by a network of established routes such as the Lake Highway and Kirkville Road, which link smaller inland hamlets like Eatons Corners and Lakeport. The detailed hydrography, from Chittenango Creek to Nigger Brook, underscores the low-lying, water-dependent nature of this region at the start of the 1940s.