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1893 Map of Clove

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Clove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

About this map

Dover Plains and Pawling anchor this 1891 survey of the New York-Connecticut borderlands, a landscape defined by industrial pockets and prominent ridges. Three distinct rail lines service the valley, including the New York and Harlem R.R. and the Columbia and Clove R.R., which provided vital connections for local commerce. Smaller commerce points like Crouse Store and Moore Mill suggest the agrarian and milling roots of the area, while names like Dover Furnace hint at the earlier iron industry that once thrived in the region.

The topography is marked by significant elevations like Chestnut Ridge and Schaghticoke Mt., with the Ten Mile River and Housatonic River carving through the eastern hills. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the exact locations of vanished depots like Sylvan Lake Sta. and rural settlements such as North Clove, Clove Valley, and Hurd Corners before the further urbanization of the Hudson Highlands and western Connecticut.