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1949 Map of Ithaca East

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Ithaca East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Cornell University serves as a massive focal point for the landscape, its campus perched above the steep gorges of Fall Creek and Cascadilla Creek. In the late 1940s, the surrounding terrain is a mix of academic expansion and traditional rural life, with the Ithaca East Hill and Fall Creek Valley defining the local topography. Important transportation corridors are visible, including the Lehigh Valley and Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroads that service the area's industrial and agricultural needs.

Outside the city center, small communities like Etna, Varna, and Brooktondale are connected by historical routes such as the Catskill Turnpike. The map reveals a network of neighborhood schools and cemeteries, including the Snyder Hill Sch and East Lawn Cemetery, which provide valuable location data for genealogists tracing families in the townships of Dryden and Caroline. The presence of the Ithaca Reservoir and Van Nattas Dam illustrates the infrastructure supporting the growing post-war population.