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1939 Map of Little Falls

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Little Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The Mohawk River corridor serves as the industrial and transportation backbone of this central New York landscape, where the Erie Canal and Barge Canal systems converge near Little Falls. This reprint of a turn-of-the-century survey illustrates the dense transit network that defined the region, including the New York Central and Hudson River RR and the Adirondack Division reaching north toward the highlands.

Away from the river valley, the terrain rises into the hills of Dairy Hill and Diamond Hill, dotted with established settlements like Salisbury Center and Middleville. The map documents early infrastructure such as the Klondike Reservoir and the hydropower potential at Ingham Mills on East Canada Creek. Smaller hamlets like Indian Castle and Norway reflect the persistent agricultural and small-town character of Herkimer County outside its primary manufacturing centers.