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1942 Map of Ludlowville

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Ludlowville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Cayuga Lake dominates the central landscape of this 1942 survey, serving as a boundary for the towns of Lansing, Ulysses, and Covert. Along the eastern shore, industrial activity is marked by the Salt Works near Myers and the Portland benchmark area. The settlement of Ludlowville sits inland along Salmon Creek, while the western shore features the dramatic topography of Taughannock Falls State Park, where Taughannock Falls and Taughannock Creek carve through the shoreline.

Transportation patterns of the early 1940s are defined by the Lehigh Valley railroad and rural thoroughfares such as Lake Ridge Road and Genoa Road. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of numerous district schools, from School No 3 to School No 15, alongside established burial grounds like German Cem and Pine Grove Cem. Smaller crossroads like Dublin Corners and Buck Corners illustrate the dispersed agricultural settlement pattern characteristic of Tompkins County during this era.