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1946 Map of Grafton

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Grafton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Highland lakes and small hamlets define this section of Rensselaer County during the mid-1940s. The settlement at Grafton sits at a crossroads near Burdick Pond, serving as a central point between the smaller communities of Pittstown, Boyntonville, and East Grafton. The landscape is notably dotted with numerous small bodies of water and ponds, including the cluster of Long Pond, Shaver Pond, and Mill Pond, many of which supported local industry or recreational sites like Camp Yowochas.

Education and local heritage are clearly marked through the distribution of rural schoolhouses such as Cobb Sch and the South District Sch, alongside the Warren Cem near Lake Lorraine. Elevated points like Dickerson Hill feature a prominent Lookout Tower, overseeing a network of hollows including Ward Hollow and Red Hollow that reveal the traditional drainage and travel patterns of the area before modern development expanded.