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1905 Map of Clymer

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Clymer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

The agricultural valleys of southwest Chautauqua County are defined here by a dense network of hamlets and rural crossroads before the automotive era fully reshaped the region. Small communities such as North Clymer, Sherman, and Clymer serve as hubs along the Pennsylvania and New York Western R R, which cuts through the center of the landscape. To the west, the village of Findley Lake sits at the edge of its namesake water body, a prominent landmark in the township of Mina.

The map reveals a landscape of family-named intersections and vanished post offices, from Sheldon Corners in the north to King Corners near the Pennsylvania border. Waterways like French Creek and Alder Bottom Creek snake through the valleys, while upland features like Beacon Hill and Sweet Hill rise above the scattered farmsteads. This survey captures a moment when local life revolved around the railway stops at Panama Sta and Jaquins, reflecting the late-nineteenth-century rural economy of these New York borderlands.