1954 Map of Crooked Creek

About this map

Hills Creek Lake and the surrounding state parklands dominate the center of this mid-century Tioga County landscape, where the wooded uplands of Bald Hill meet the agricultural valleys of Middlebury and Charleston. The settlement pattern follows the drainage of Crooked Creek and Hills Creek, characterized by small crossroads communities and family-named locales such as Dartt Settlement and Whitneyville. Transportation infrastructure is a primary feature, with the Central New York rail line running parallel to the creek in the northwest, and the Roosevelt Highway cutting across the southern townships.