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1943 Map of Moravia

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Moravia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Owasco Inlet carves through the landscape of southern Cayuga County, feeding into the southern tip of Owasco Lake via the broad Owasco Flats. This mid-century survey captures a rural landscape dominated by the Lehigh Valley railroad corridor and the concentrated settlements of Moravia and Locke. The village of Moravia is the industrial and social heart of the quadrangle, situated where Mill Creek descends from the eastern heights past Montville Falls.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, including nearly a dozen numbered schoolhouses and several well-documented burial grounds such as Indian Mound Cem and St Patricks Cem. The map highlights the early development of Fillmore Glen State Park southeast of the village. Numerous family-named crossroads like Wilson Corners, Rafferty Corners, and Satterly Corners indicate the scattered agricultural nodes that defined the Finger Lakes region during this era.