1943 Map of Holmesville

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The Unadilla River forms the vital eastern boundary of this mid-century New York landscape, separating the townships of North Norwich and New Berlin from the hills of Butternuts and Morris in Otsego County. The river valley serves as the primary corridor for settlement and transit, anchored by the village of South New Berlin and the hamlet of Holmesville. Smaller, family-identified nodes like Kings Settlement and Burwell Corners are scattered across the higher terrain to the west, where the drainage of Shapanaka Brook and Thompson Creek cuts through the ridges.