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1902 Map of Moravia

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Moravia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1902
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1902

About this map

Lehigh Valley RR tracks follow the valley of the Owasco Inlet through the heart of the Finger Lakes region in this early twentieth-century survey. The landscape is defined by the steep-sided Owasco Hill and Jewett Hill, with small farming communities and milling hamlets established at crossroads and along watercourses. Industrial activity is evident at Morse Mill and in the cluster of small settlements like Montville and Dresserville that grew around the local water power of Bear Swamp Creek and Fall Creek.

The rail network was critical to the local economy, with the Elmira and Cortland RR intersecting the region near McLean. This map captures a dense network of now-obscure place names and family-named intersections such as Goosetree, Lickville, and Benson Corners, which offer a precise look at the rural geography of Cayuga and Tompkins counties before modern highway expansion bypassed these small interior villages.