1943 Map of New Boston

About this map

Pinckney Corners and the surrounding townships of Denmark, Harrisburg, and Montague define this rural landscape as it was mapped by the Army Map Service during the Second World War. The area is characterized by a high density of one-room schoolhouses, including School No 8 and School No 5, which served scattered rural families before mid-century consolidation. The winding course of the Deer River and Mad River dictates the local topography, with settlements like Bellwood and New Boston located at key road intersections. Genealogists will find several family-named burial grounds, such as Gallup Cem and Tuttle Cem, providing localized spatial data for North Country families. The network of "corners"—including Gardners Corners and Liberty Corners—reveals the traditional New York pattern of small crossroads hamlets that formed the social centers of these highland dairy farming communities.