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1903 Map of Harford

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Harford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

About this map

The Tioughnioga River corridor and the narrow valleys of southern New York define this early 20th-century landscape, where river and rail networks dictated the region's growth. Along the eastern edge, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR tracks parallel the river through Marathon and Killawog, while the Lehigh Valley RR (Auburn Division) snakes through the southwestern hills to serve Richford and Berkshire.

Upland settlements like Hunts Corners and Franks Corners represent the agricultural character of the high ground between the major drainages of Owego Creek (East Branch) and Nanticoke Creek. This map captures the intricate boundary system where Cortland, Tioga, and Broome counties meet, documenting numerous crossroads communities and rural outposts such as Nanticoke Springs and East Richford that served the farm-to-rail economy of the era.