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1944 Map of Homer

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Homer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Homer sits at the heart of this mid-century landscape, where the West Branch Tioughnioga River and East Branch Tioughnioga River converge. The village’s grid of streets and buildings is captured in detail, including the local County Farm and a system of numbered schools that served the surrounding rural valleys. The transportation network of the era is clearly defined, with the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR running through Preble and Little York, while the Lehigh Valley RR traces the valley floor near Loring Crossing.

Highland ridges like Scott Hill and Toppin Mt separate the narrow agricultural valleys of Cold Brook Valley and Grout Brook. Numerous family and community cemeteries, such as Scott Union Cem and Atwater Cem, are scattered across the townships of Scott and Preble. This survey, compiled by the Tennessee Valley Authority, provides a precise look at the small settlements of Slab City and Baltimore before post-war developments altered these rural corridors.