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1945 Map of Hartwick

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Hartwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Otego Creek and Oaks Creek define the drainage of this interior Otsego County landscape during the mid-1940s. The settlement of Hartwick serves as a central hub, surrounded by a dense network of upland farms and rural institutions. The map reveals an intricate educational infrastructure from a bygone era of local school districts, featuring numerous numbered and named buildings such as School No 13, Sch No 4, and the Texas Sch.

Family history is deeply etched into the terrain at Maple Cem, Robinson Cem, and Adams Cem. To the north, the small hamlets of Cattown and Oaksville sit near the valley floor, while topographical landmarks like Briar Hill and Hemlock Hill rise above the scattered homesteads. The presence of specialized sites like Cranberry Bog and various named crossings, including Summit Crossing and Jones Crossing, indicates a landscape thoroughly utilized for both agriculture and local transit before the post-war modernization of New York's rural road systems.