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1945 Map of Mt Vision

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Mt Vision
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Otego Creek and its branches define the drainage of this central New York landscape during the mid-1940s. The settlement pattern reflects a deeply rooted rural community, anchored by the villages of Mt Vision and Laurens. A notable density of local educational infrastructure is evident through the numbering of several rural schoolhouses, including School No 11, School No 5, and School No 13, which once served the surrounding farmsteads.

To the west, Gilbert Lake State Park provides a preserved upland contrast to the valley floors where agricultural life was concentrated. Family history and genealogy are anchored by several small burial grounds such as Tiffany Cem and Lena Cem. The mapping, conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority for the War Department, captures a transitional era of New York's interior before the post-war shifts in rural school consolidation and regional road development.