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1918 Map of Oneonta

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Oneonta
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Susquehanna River carves a deep valley through the heart of the Catskill foothills, serving as a primary corridor for early 20th-century commerce and transportation. The city of Oneonta emerges as a bustling rail hub, situated at the junction where the Delaware and Hudson RR meets the Ulster and Delaware RR. The landscape is densely marked by rural infrastructure, with a notable concentration of numbered schoolhouses such as School No 1 and School No 18 serving small farming communities like Otsdawa and Leonta.

Industry is represented by the Arctic Creamery near Ouleout Creek, reflecting the region's dairy economy. In the southern portion of the map, the New York Ontario and Western RR facilitates movement through Franklin Depot and Merrickville. The terrain is defined by named peaks like Case Hill and The Cobble, which overlook a network of hollows and brooks that dictated the placement of homesteads and early roadways during this period of New York's development.