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1965 Map of Deposit

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Deposit
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The West Branch Delaware River carves a deep valley through this Southern Tier landscape, serving as the primary corridor for the Erie Lackawanna railroad. The village of Deposit occupies the river's bend, where numerous quarries on the surrounding hillsides suggest a long history of local stone extraction. This 1965 survey shows the area just after the completion of the Cannonsville Dam, with the Cannonsville Res beginning to fill the valley to the east.

Rural life is anchored by family-named crossroads and natural features like Oquaga Lake and Whitaker Swamp. The map documents several legacy burial grounds, including Oakwood Cem and St Josephs Cem, alongside small settlements like Hale Eddy and Sanford. These points of interest, connected by a network of named tracks such as Farnham Rd and Kenyon Hill Road, provide a detailed look at the region's transport and settlement patterns before modern development altered the rural character.