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1947 Map of Hinckley

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Hinckley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Hinckley Reservoir dominates the landscape of this 1946 survey, its irregular shoreline cutting through the boundary of Adirondack Park at the intersection of Oneida and Herkimer Counties. The map reveals a post-war rural infrastructure defined by small crossroads settlements and scattered educational landmarks like School No 4. Small hamlets such as Northwood, Grant, and Ninety Six Corners serve as anchor points for the surrounding agricultural and timbered lands.

Water management is a central theme, visible in the flow of Black Creek and W Canada Cr, alongside smaller impoundments like Herkimer Reservoir. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its precise placement of local burial grounds, including Gravesville Cem and Century Cem, and family-named terrain like Ninety Five Hill and Elm Flats, which offer clues to early land ownership and community development in the towns of Russia and Trenton.