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1944 Map of Pike

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Pike
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Agricultural uplands and winding waterways define the borderlands of Wyoming and Allegany counties during the mid-1940s. Centered on the village of Pike, this military survey illustrates a landscape of established farmsteads and rural crossroads connected by a dense network of local roads such as Telephone Road and Allegany Road. The drainage patterns are clearly delineated, with Wiscoy Creek and its tributaries, including Trout Brook and Bush Brook, carving through the terrain near small settlements like Bliss and Eagle Center.

The Corps of Engineers emphasized infrastructure on this sheet, meticulously noting bridge load capacities and vertical clearances, such as BR 1712 6t near Hardys. These details provide a unique technical record of the region's transportation network at a time when rural infrastructure was being standardized for modern use. The proximity of named heights like Nelson and the layout of tracks through Griffith Corners offer genealogists and local historians a precise look at the nineteenth-century settlement patterns that persisted into the mid-twentieth century.