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1900 Map of Oyster Bay

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Oyster Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Oyster Bay and the surrounding Gold Coast of Long Island are documented here at the close of the nineteenth century, as the region was establishing its identity through waterfront estates and burgeoning commuter lines. This survey captures the intricate shoreline from Manhasset Bay to Oyster Bay Harbor, highlighting the maritime importance of locations like Sands Point and the remote Execution Rocks L.H.. Inland, the transition from agricultural land to suburban settlement is visible in the network of the Long Island Railroad, with stops like Greenvale Station and Glen Cove Landing serving as vital links to the city.

Local landmarks such as Harbor Hill provide topographic perspective over the North Shore’s residential clusters in Sea Cliff and Port Washington. The map serves as a record of the landscape before the massive estates of the early 20th century further transformed the terrain, showing the original placement of landings, ponds like Dosoris Pond, and the various branches of the rail system that dictated the growth of towns like Hicksville and Syosset.