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1943 Map of Kerhonkson

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Kerhonkson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Kerhonkson and the surrounding townships of Rochester and Wawarsing are captured here during World War II, showing a landscape defined by the New York Ontario and Western railroad and the Rondout Creek. The valley floor is densely populated with community institutions, including Kerhonkson High School and Soccanissing School, while the higher elevations are dotted with family-named homesteads such as W. Kruger and G. Kortright.

The presence of the Frank Utter Colony Farm and the Feords Mem Sanitarium near the Fantine Kill suggests a mix of institutional land use and agriculture characteristic of this region of Ulster County. From the falls at Vernoy Falls to the small settlement at Tabasco, the map details a network of rural schools like Mettacahonts School and Pataukunk School that served these distributed Catskill foothills communities.