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1915 Map of North East

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of North East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Lake Erie defines the northern edge of this Erie County landscape, where the shoreline is carved by a succession of named drainages including Sixmile Creek, Twelvemile Creek, and Sixteenmile Creek. Just inland, the town of North East serves as a major hub for the New York Central and Hudson River RR and the New York Chicago and St Louis RR. This early twentieth-century transport network facilitated the movement of goods and people across the state line into New York, visible at the map's eastern margin.

The interior of the quadrangle is densely punctuated by small crossroads and family-named schools, such as Bogus Corners and Owens Corners. A remarkably high density of rural schoolhouses, including the Mina School, Bird School, and Cook School, indicates a well-established agrarian community. To the south, the terrain descends toward the French Creek valley, where Wattsburg and Lowville sit amongst a network of rural routes like Wattsburg Road.