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1943 Map of Hamilton

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Hamilton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Colgate University sits at the heart of this mid-century survey, overlooking Hamilton and the surrounding glacial landscape of Madison County. The village is a hub of transport and education, with the New York Ontario and Western RR cutting through the valley and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR serving the southern reaches near Poolville and Earlville. Significant water bodies like Lake Moraine and Woodman Pond define the northern terrain, while the Chenango River follows the lowlands alongside abandoned sections of the old canal route.

The map reveals a landscape still defined by its nineteenth-century rural origins, showing numerous family-named locales and small hamlets like Pecksport, Randallsville, and Middleport. For those tracing local history, the placement of the Woodlawn Cem and Shapley Cem provides essential points of reference near the university grounds and the Chenango River valley. The presence of the County Home near Eaton suggests the social infrastructure of the era, while the network of smaller ponds like Stone Mill Pond and Seymour Pond indicates the localized water management and industry of the Chenango valley.