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1951 Map of Medina

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Medina
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The Erie Canal and the New York Central railroad corridor define the industrial and transit heart of this Western New York landscape in the early 1950s. Centered on Medina and Middleport, the area shows a transition from structured municipal grids to the rural expanses of Hartland and Royalton. A significant archaeological note is found in Shelby, where the Site of Neuter Fort is recorded near Jeddo Creek.

To the south, the terrain descends into the Oak Orchard Swamp, a complex wetland system contrasted by the straight lines of Ridge Road and several district schoolhouses like School No 1 and School No 15. For those tracing local history, the map preserves the locations of numerous family-named burial grounds, including Lett Cem and Sacred Heart Cem, alongside early infrastructure like the Sewage Disposal and Substation.