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1904 Map of Honeoye

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Honeoye
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1904
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1904

About this map

Honeoye Falls and the surrounding Finger Lakes uplands appear here at the height of the steam and electric rail era. The map reveals a dense network of transit, including the New York Central and Hudson River R. R. and the Electric R. R. running through Lima. These lines connected small milling centers and agricultural villages like North Bloomfield and Richmond Mills to the larger regional hubs.

The landscape is defined by the long glacial troughs of Conesus Lake, Hemlock Lake, and Honeoye Lake, where shoreline settlements like Cedarcrest and Valkenburg were becoming established. Local history is preserved in landmarks such as Cemetery Hill near South Livonia and the various junctions like Rochester Junction that once dictated the movement of goods and people across the Monroe and Livingston county lines.