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1920 Map of Long Eddy

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Long Eddy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Beaver Kill and the East Branch Delaware River converge near East Branch, marking a landscape defined by its river-bend settlements and early twentieth-century transportation corridors. The Erie Railroad snakes along the northern and southern banks of the Delaware River, connecting small communities like Lordville, Long Eddy, and Hankins. This 1920 survey reveals an area transitioning from an industrial past, evidenced by the Buckingham Factory near Equinunk, to a more rural agricultural and recreational character.

The uplands are dotted with a high density of rural schoolhouses, including the Gould School, Eminence School, and Pine Flat School, which suggests a well-distributed population across Manchester and Fremont townships. The map records numerous family-named landmarks and geographic features such as Bouchoux Hill, Sam Miller Hill, and Johnny Ridge, providing a detailed record for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads between the New York and Pennsylvania borderlands.