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1964 Map of Norfolk

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Norfolk
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

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The Raquette River winds through the heart of St. Lawrence County, anchoring a landscape defined by small industrial settlements and dense tracts of the St Lawrence State Forest during the mid-1960s. The Norwood and St Lawrence RR traces the river valley, connecting the population centers of Norwood and Norfolk with the smaller community of Raymondville. This corridor reveals a post-war rural economy still deeply tied to its natural resources, evidenced by the numerous Gravel Pits and a Quarry dotting the hillsides near Wilbur Hill and Marble Hill.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of several rural burying grounds, including Bixby Cem, Hale Cem, and Brookdale Cem. The transition toward regional infrastructure is visible in the centrally located Norwood-Norfolk Sch, while traditional landmarks like the Water Tank and Gaging Station remain as markers of the earlier river-reliant era. Forest preserves and wooded ridges like Grasshopper Hill enclose the scattered farming hamlets of Brookdale, Grantville, and North Stockholm.