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1895 Map of Fort Ann

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Fort Ann
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1895
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1895

About this map

Saratoga and Champlain Canal waters defined the corridor of commerce in Washington County during the late nineteenth century. This industrial landscape was shaped by the movement of goods through Wood Creek and the Mettawee River, alongside the vital rail lines of the Saratoga and Washington R.R. and the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. R.R. These transport networks served a network of agricultural and manufacturing hamlets like Chamberlain Mills, Smith Basin, and North Granville.

The terrain transitions from the low-lying canal and river basins to prominent peaks such as Battle Hill, Pumpkin Hill, and Mount Tom. Settlement patterns follow the valleys, with numerous small villages like Belcher, Slyboro, and Truthville dotting the map before the twentieth-century consolidation of rural life. For those tracing regional history, the map provides precise locations for nineteenth-century hubs like Raceville and Adamsville situated near the New York Vermont Boundary Line.