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1910 Map of Greenwood Lake

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Greenwood Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Greenwood Lake straddles the border of New York and New Jersey, serving as a focal point for this rugged terrain as it appeared before the mid-century suburban expansion. The landscape is defined by its industrial bones, specifically the iron mining and processing that shaped the northern highlands. Significant operations like Sterling Furnace, the Rutherford Mines, and the Charlotteburg Mine are noted alongside the specialized infrastructure of the Sterling Mountain Railroad.

Transit corridors dictated the placement of early settlements, with the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad and the New York Susquehanna and Western RR connecting remote outposts such as New Milford Sta. and Charlotteburg. The map also documents the early development of the regional water supply, showing the Canistear Reservoir and Oak Ridge Reservoir near the headwaters of the Pequannock River. Local life is visible through small rural schoolhouses like the Scruboak School and Asphawa School that once served these mountain communities.