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1908 Map of Goshen

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Goshen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Middletown serves as a dense industrial and rail hub in the northwestern quadrant of this survey, where the Erie RR and its Crawford Br intersect with the New York Ontario and Western RR. The landscape transitions from the urbanized streets of Goshen to the specialized agricultural drainage of the southern lowlands. A complex network of waterways, including the Wallkill River and Quaker Creek, defines the terrain, particularly around the Commissioners Ditch which facilitates the drainage of the fertile black dirt region near Pine Island.

Genealogists can locate numerous rural hamlets such as Michigan Corners, Phillipsburg, and Stony Ford. The map also captures the early 20th-century transportation network including the Electric RR and the Lehigh and Hudson River RR. Distinctive geological features like Purgatory Swamp and the twin peaks of Mt Adam and Mt Eve provide clear landmarks for identifying ancestral property or historical homesteads.