1944 Map of Cossayuna

About this map

Cossayuna Lake serves as the central focal point of this Washington County landscape, which transitions from the agricultural flats of Argyle to the prominent ridges of Barkley Mtn. During the mid-1940s, this region was a tapestry of rural hamlets and small-scale industry, evidenced by the Greenwich and Johnsonville railroad line tracing the path of the Batten Kill in the south. The prevalence of local education and community infrastructure is clear through the presence of the Rock Hill Sch, Beech Hill Sch, and the County Farm near South Argyle. Water bodies like McDougall Lake and Carter Pond punctuate the valleys, while the numerous cemeteries, including the Cossayuna Cem, provide a grounded record of the families who settled this territory between West Hebron and North Greenwich.