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1903 Map of Northport

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Northport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1908
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1908

About this map

The deep estuaries and wooded necks of the North Shore characterize this survey, where the maritime economy of the early 1900s is marked by essential navigational aids. Distinctive points like Eaton Neck and Lloyd Neck reach into the Long Island Sound, protected by the Eaton Neck L.H. and the L.S.S. life-saving station. Further inland, the map captures a transition from coastal villages like Northport and Halesite to the developing interior along the Long Island Railroad.

Settlement patterns reveal clusters of activity at Greenlawn, Huntington, and Kings Park, while the southern portion of the sheet transitions into the prominent glacial topography of the Dix Hills and Half Hollow Hills. Genealogists and local historians can find old boundary lines between townships such as the Oyster Bay-Huntington border and the divide between Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as smaller locales like Middleville and Fairground.