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1946 Map of Rensselaerville

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Rensselaerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The Partridge Run Game Management Area dominates the high, upland terrain between the drainage basins of Fox Creek and Tenmile Creek in this mid-century survey. The landscape is a network of ridges and hollows, where small rural communities like Zucks Corners and Hawverville are connected by winding roads through the Schoharie-Albany county line. The map highlights a scattered educational infrastructure with local institutions such as Peasley Sch, Messer Sch, and School No 2, indicating a localized population pattern in the hill country.

Concentrated settlements are found at Berne in the northeast and Rensselaerville in the southeast, the latter featuring the notable Rensselaerville Falls and Myosotis Lake. Genealogists will find value in the specific placement of the Crystal Lake Cem and other cemeteries marked simply as Cem, alongside geographic landmarks like Irish Hill and Cook Hill. The transition from agricultural valley land to managed wilderness is evident in the layout of the various kills and ponds that dot the region.