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1944 Map of Mount Morris

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Mount Morris
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Genesee River snakes through a deeply incised valley in this mid-1940s survey, marking a sharp contrast between the dramatic river bluffs and the surrounding agricultural plateaus of Livingston and Wyoming Counties. The village of Mount Morris sits as a regional hub at the northeastern corner, where the river meets the Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Pennsylvania railroads. This rail infrastructure was critical for moving local produce and timber out of the Genesee Valley during the war years.

Smaller rural communities like Ridge and Brooks Grove are connected by a network of family-named roads such as Hendershot Road and Donavan Road, reflecting generations of local land ownership. Significant water features including the Silver Lake Outlet and Keshequa Cr carve through the townships of Leicester and Castile, illustrating the natural drainage patterns that shaped the early development of this western New York landscape.