1946 Map of Greenville

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Greenville and South Westerlo anchor this mid-century portrait of the upper Hudson Valley borderlands between Albany and Greene Counties. The landscape is defined by the hydraulic infrastructure of the Basic Reservoir and its associated Filtration Plant, which manage the flow of Basic Creek through the rural townships. The settlement pattern is traditional and dispersed, marked by family-named crossroads like Smith Corner, Lambs Corner, and O'Hara Corners. Several rural schools, including School No 3 and School No 5, remain visible alongside numerous burial grounds such as Westerlo Central Cem and Craw Cem. The southwestern corner of the sheet transitions into the Helderberg foothills, where Catskill Creek and Thorp Creek converge near Norton Hill, illustrating the transition from agricultural plateaus to the more dissected terrain of the Catskill fringe.