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1918 Map of Hornell

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Hornell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Hornell serves as the industrial and transportation hub of this Steuben County landscape, where the confluence of Canacadea Creek and the Canisteo River dictates the path of major rail lines. The Erie RR and the Pittsburgh Shawmut and Northern RR converge here, carving through the narrow valleys that separate prominent heights like Brown Hill and Cream Hill. This network supported a dense distribution of rural infrastructure, visible in the dozens of one-room schoolhouses such as Dutch Street School and Loon Lake School that dot the surrounding townships.

Agricultural settlements like Arkport and Canisteo are connected by a web of creek-side roads and minor settlements including South Dansville and Haskinville. The topography reveals the intricate drainage patterns of the region, from the Spaulding Swamp in the east to the winding course of Canaseraga Creek in the west, illustrating how 19th-century settlement patterns were shaped by the steep hills and fertile river bottoms of the Southern Tier.