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1964 Map of Pierrepont

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Pierrepont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Pierrepont and its surrounding rural hamlets are documented here during a period of established agricultural and forest life in St. Lawrence County. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Little River and numerous tributaries like Trout Brook and Boyden Brook, which carved the terrain long before modern development. Notable centers of community life are preserved in the positioning of the Beach Plains Ch, White Church, and the Giffins Corners Sch.

Upland areas are marked by Waterman Hill and the protected acreage of the St Lawrence State Forest. The distribution of family-named roads, such as Howardville Road and Dillabough Road, suggests a stable pattern of land ownership and local travel. Smaller settlements like Crary Mills and Brick Chapel serve as anchors for the scattered farmsteads, while numerous Gravel Pits indicate the local extraction industries that supported the region's infrastructure.