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1943 Map of Norwich

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Norwich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The city of Norwich serves as the focal point of this 1940s survey, situated at the confluence of Canasawacta Creek and the Chenango River. The era's transportation infrastructure is clearly defined, with the New York Ontario and Western railroad corridor and an abandoned Canal following the river valley through North Norwich and Plasterville. The landscape transitions from the urban grid of the county seat to the uplands of Plymouth and Preston, where a network of numbered schools, such as School No 6 and School No 9, served scattered rural communities.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the numerous family and community burial grounds, including Packer-Mason Cem, Slater Cem, and Mt Hope Cem. Significant civic landmarks of the early 1940s are preserved here, from the Chenango Hospital and County Home to the local Airport at Mead Pond. The map captures a moment when smaller hamlets like Stuart Corners, Galena, and Woods Corners remained distinct local hubs within the central Chenango County countryside.