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1943 Map of Hamilton

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Hamilton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Colgate University sits at the heart of this Madison County landscape, overlooking a series of glacial features and water bodies that define the terrain. The village of Hamilton is the primary hub, surrounded by a complex network of reservoirs and ponds such as Lebanon Reservoir, Leland Pond, and Moraine Lake. The topographic data, derived from 1942 aerial photography, captures the region at a moment when two major rail lines, the New York Ontario and Western RR and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR, still carved paths through the Chenango River valley and across the hills.

Smaller settlements and stops like Eaton Sta, Pecksport, and Randallsville are documented alongside numerous family and community landmarks. Genealogists will find several burial grounds mapped in detail, including St Joseph Cem, Woodlawn Cem, and Shapley Cem. The map illustrates the transition from the rolling elevations of Bonney Hill down to the fertile river valleys, showing the intricate relationship between the rail corridor and the scattered hamlets of the early 1940s.