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1943 Map of Oswego East

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Oswego River and its accompanying Barge Canal dominate the western edge of this 1943 survey, marking the vital industrial and transport corridor of the mid-20th century. While the city of Oswego shows its urban grid and institutions like the St Francis Home and County Jail, the surrounding townships of Scriba, Minetto, and Volney maintain a rural character defined by a dense network of country roads and localized settlements.

Genealogical interest is particularly high due to the preservation of numerous rural schoolhouses, from School No 1 to School No 14, and a significant number of family and community burial grounds including Worden Cem, Kingdom Cem, and Hillside Cem. The landscape features distinct glacial landforms such as Deer Ridge and Dutch Ridge, which dictated the placement of early homesteads and hamlets like Suckerville and Lansing before post-war development altered these traditional patterns.