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1944 Map of Pitcher

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

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

North Pitcher and Pitcher Springs anchor the northern reaches of this rural Chenango County landscape during the mid-1940s. The terrain is defined by a series of prominent rises including Pink Hill and Birdlebough Hill, with the Otselic River valley carving a path through the western section. This era shows a distributed network of local education, with numbering such as School No 1, School No 2, and School No 5 appearing across the townships of Pitcher, Pharsalia, and German.

Genealogists will find significant value in the mapped family burial grounds, including the Pink Cem, Hinman Cem, and Soper Cem. To the south, the settlement of McDonough sits near the headwaters of Genegantslet Creek and Genegantslet Lake, illustrating a landscape deeply connected to its smaller watercourses like Brakel Creek and Balsam Creek. Roads such as Randall Road and Street Road connect these upland farm communities.