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1906 Map of Kasoag

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Kasoag
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Williamstown and the surrounding townships of Amboy, Florence, and Constantia define this interior landscape of central New York during the early twentieth century. The region is heavily influenced by its hydrology, with a dense network of water bodies such as Panther Lake, Kasoag Lake, and Vandercamp Pond feeding into the Little Salmon River and West Branch Fish Creek. This terrain reflects a transition from early industrial settlements to rural communities, with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad providing a critical transportation corridor through Kasoag.

Local infrastructure and industry are evidenced by the State Fish Hatchery in the southwest and the presence of numerous small hamlets including Carterville, Elpis, and North Amboy. The map documents established local routes like Salt Road and Broadway, which linked these remote agricultural and logging centers. For genealogists and researchers, the detailed plotting of locations like Jefferson Corners and Maple Flats offers a look at a distributed settlement pattern that has since been reorganized.