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1912 Map of Hartwick

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Hartwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Southern New York Power and Railway Corp (Electric) cuts a distinct north-south path through this portion of Otsego County, connecting the villages of Hartwick and Mt Vision during an era of expanding rural electrification. The landscape is defined by the parallel valleys of Otego Creek and Butternut Creek, where small agrarian centers like Garrattsville and New Lisbon established themselves along the watercourses.

Further west, Wharton Creek flows toward Edmeston, while upland features like Cranberry Bog and Turtle Lake dot the higher elevations between the township boundaries of Burlington and Laurens. This 1912 survey, reprinted in the late 1930s, documents the intricate network of secondary roads linking family-named landmarks such as Butts Corners and Elm Grove, providing a clear view of the pre-highway settlement pattern of central New York before the consolidation of these small crossroads communities.