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1964 Map of Houghton

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Houghton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Genesee River carves a winding path through this Allegany County landscape, anchoring a valley where education and industry met in the mid-1960s. Houghton stands as a central hub, home to Houghton College and Houghton Academy, with its own Houghton College Airfield nearby. To the southwest, the waters of Rushford Lake are held by the Caneadea Dam, creating a recreational focus at Balcom Beach and Hillcrest.

Evidence of the region's agricultural and industrial foundations is scattered across the townships of Centerville and Hume. An Old Railroad Grade and the Erie-Lackawanna line trace the transport corridors of the era, while several family cemeteries, including Bates Cem and McCall Cem, provide significant markers for genealogical research. The northern reaches feature the interestingly named Mills Mills on Wiscoy Creek, and numerous gravel pits across the map reflect the local extraction economy of the period.