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1920 Map of Damascus

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Damascus
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Delaware River forms a winding border between Pennsylvania and New York, anchoring a landscape defined by small agrarian communities and water-driven geography. In the years following the Great War, this region in Wayne County remained heavily decentralized, with local life revolving around several one-room schoolhouses such as Kesler School, Canfield School, and the Nobody Station School. The rugged river valley is bisected by the Erie Railroad, which follows the riverbank past Narrowsburg and Westcolang.

Industrial infrastructure is sparse but notable, including an Oil Pumping Station near Damascus. To the west, the landscape is dotted with numerous small lakes and ponds, from Beach Lake to Navajo Lake, which supported local settlements like Milanville and Boyds Mills. The presence of the Newburgh Road and various community churches, including St Josephs Church, suggests a network of established carriage roads and social centers that served the scattered homesteads of Lebanon and Oregon townships.