1942 Map of Potter

About this map

Flint Creek carves a significant path through the heart of this Yates County landscape, defining the topography from Italy Valley toward the marshy expanse of the northern Swamp. Recorded during the early 1940s, the map reveals a rural structure anchored by a numbered school system, from School No 2 in the north down to School No 6 and School No 16 in the south. These educational landmarks, paired with small rural cemeteries like French Cem, Sutherland Cem, and Nettle Valley Cem, provide a precise ledger of early 20th-century community hubs. The settlement of Potter serves as a central point for the surrounding hamlets of Voak, East Potter, and Yatesville, while the southern reaches descend through Sherman Hollow into the Guyanoga Valley. This survey preserves the exact placement of homesteads and local roads before later 20th-century developments altered the character of these Finger Lakes uplands.