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1943 Map of Ellenville

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Ellenville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Ellenville and the surrounding Shawangunk valley appear here in a wartime 1943 survey, capturing the industrial and transport infrastructure of eastern New York before post-war expansion. The village is anchored by the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co and the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the New York Ontario and Western railroad cutting through the valley floor. A notable historical relic is the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which parallels Rondout Creek and Sandburg Creek, marking the nineteenth-century corridor that shaped the region's early growth.

Rural life is detailed through a high density of local institutions, including the Greenwood School, Mount Vernon School, and Napanoch School. The terrain rises sharply to the east toward Mount Meenahga and Bear Hill, while smaller settlements like Phillipsport and Spring Glen dot the lower elevations. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of the Fantine Cemetery and Poplar Grove Cemetery, serving as a precise record of the valley's mid-century landscape.