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1929 Map of Coxsackie

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Coxsackie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1929
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1929

About this map

The Hudson River corridor serves as the primary artery for industry and transport in this 1920s survey, defined by the parallel tracks of the West Shore RR and the New York Central RR. The river itself is a complex landscape of shifting channels and islands, including Schodack Island and Houghtaling Island, which supported a network of docks and river landings such as Fitohs Wharf and Schodack Landing. On the western banks, the industrial character of Coxsackie and Ravena contrasts with the numerous numbered rural schoolhouses and small mill sites like Deans Mill that dot the interior hills.

Finer details reveal the early 20th-century agrarian and industrial footprint, from the Ravena Reservoir to the clusters of housing at Stottville and Columbiaville near the mouth of Stockport Creek. The map documents a period before modern highway expansion, where local travel relied on a dense network of secondary roads connecting hamlets like Indian Fields and Coeymans Hollow across the varied elevations of Stanton Hill and Indian Ridge.