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1964 Map of Potsdam

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Potsdam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Potsdam sits as a central educational and industrial hub along the Raquette River in the mid-1960s, defined by the campuses of State Teachers College and Clarkson College. The village's infrastructure is detailed through its red-tinted urban core, including the Hospital, a Drive-in Theater near Unionville, and the New York Central Railroad corridor. Further east, the West Branch St Regis River snakes through West Stockholm and Sandfordville, where a series of gravel pits and local roads like Market Road and Livingston Road suggest a landscape built on local extraction and agriculture.

Local history is preserved in numerous burial grounds, such as Bayside Cem, Old St Marys Cem, and Calvary Cem, which serve as valuable landmarks for genealogists. The terrain transitions from the developed riverfront to the wooded expanses of the St Lawrence State Forest No 23. This survey also marks specialized sites like the Gaging Station on the river and the Potsdam Country Club near the southern boundary, illustrating the varied land use of the era.