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1945 Map of Oneonta

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Oneonta
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Oneonta serves as a significant educational and medical hub in this mid-1940s survey, dominated by the campus of the State Teachers College and Hartwick College perched above the river valley. The regional importance of the city is emphasized by the presence of the large Homer Folks State Hospital complex and the Parshall Hospital. Transport and commerce follow the corridor of the Susquehanna River, where the Delaware and Hudson RR and the Southern New York RR converge to navigate the steep terrain between Franklin Mountain and the northern heights.

South of the city, the landscape transitions into a more rural pattern of upland farming and isolated schoolhouses. The Otsego and Delaware county line cuts through the southern hills near North Franklin, where the Ouleout Church and Ouleout School stand near the headwaters of Ouleout Creek. This map preserves the locations of numerous family and community landmarks, from Cook Cem in the west to the cluster of schools like School No 15 near Emmons.