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1915 Map of Malone

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Malone
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Malone serves as the industrial and transit hub for this Franklin County region, situated at the confluence of the Adirondack Division New York Central Railroad and the Rutland Railroad. The town’s position along the Salmon River and its concentration of rail infrastructure, including Malone Junction, stand in contrast to the agricultural landscape of northern New York during the early twentieth century. Beyond the rail yards, the map documents a dense network of one-room district schools and scattered rural hamlets like Westville and Cooks Corner.

Social and civil infrastructure is well-represented, from the County Almshouse on the outskirts of Malone to the Stevens School further south. The Boundary Line between Canada and the United States defines the northern edge of the survey, where the international crossing at Trout River connects the towns of Constable and Westville to their northern neighbors. This survey captures a moment when local life was organized around small school districts and the vital pulse of the railroad economy.