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1943 Map of Palmyra

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Hill Cumorah and its landmark Angel Moroni Monument dominate the southern landscape of this mid-century survey, marking a site of immense significance for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The map captures the industrial and agricultural rhythm of Wayne County during the war years, with the State Barge Canal cutting through the center of Palmyra and broadening into The Wide Waters near Port Gibson.

Evidence of the 19th-century transport legacy remains visible through the alignment of the (NYC) Abd Erie Canal, running parallel to the New York Central Railroad. The landscape is densely marked with rural infrastructure, including a systematic network of numbered schools like School No 10 Schoolhouse and family cemeteries such as Langdon Cem and Galloway Cem. From the Fair Grounds in town to the heights of Beals Hill and Hogback Hill, the map documents a community deeply rooted in its glacially-formed drumlin terrain.