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1956 Map of Pine Bush

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Pine Bush
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Shawangunk Kill and Verkeerder Kill define this mid-century landscape of the Mid-Hudson region, where the Erie RR cuts a diagonal path through agricultural and early residential centers. Centered on the village of Pine Bush, the area shows a transition from traditional valley farming toward more modernized infrastructure, as seen in the presence of both the Tri-State Airport and the Montgomery Airport. Cultural life is anchored by a significant network of rural institutions, including Grahams Church, St Pauls Ch, and the Brick Church Cem.

Smaller settlements like Thompson Ridge, Ulsterville, and Bullville are connected by a dense web of local roads, such as Hardenburg Road and Scotchtown Road. The topography moves from the level plains of the Wallkill River toward the more varied terrain of Platte to the northwest. This 1956 revision documents the region's character after the war, preserving the locations of vanished schools and family cemeteries like the Howell Cem before suburban expansion altered the rural fabric.