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1900 Map of Dunkirk

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Dunkirk
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

The industrial and transit hub of Dunkirk anchors this turn-of-the-century coastal survey, where a complex network of iron rails met the shores of Lake Erie. At this time, the region was a dense corridors of transportation, with the L. S. and M. S. R. R. and the Erie R. R. facilitating a bustling lakefront economy. Inland, the landscape transitions from the coastal plains to the rolling hills of Pomfret and Stockton, revealing a pattern of clustered settlements like Fredonia and the lakeside assembly grounds at Lillydale.

Genealogists will find interest in the precise locations of smaller hamlets such as Van Buren (Cushing P.O.) and Cordova, which are shown before mid-century modernization. The southern portion of the map traces the headwaters of Chautauqua Lake near Mayville, documenting the vital connection between the Great Lakes watershed and the interior valleys via the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg R. R.