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1947 Map of Schuylerville

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Schuylerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Hudson River corridor serves as the industrial and historical spine of this Saratoga County landscape, where the Champlain Canal and its abandoned segments trace the legacy of 19th-century transport. The village of Schuylerville stands as a focal point, marked by the Saratoga State Monument and its proximity to the Saratoga National Historical Park, commemorating the area's Revolutionary War significance. To the east, the Batten Kill powers industry in Greenwich and Middle Falls, where a Cement Mill is noted along the riverbanks.

Upland from the river, the Palmertown Range and Mount McGregor dominate the western horizon, providing the setting for the New York State Veterans Hospital. The map detail reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, from the Fernwood Trout Hatchery near Fortsville to numerous numbered schoolhouses like School No 5 and Billings Sch. Rail transport remains active through the Delaware and Hudson and Greenwich and Johnsonville lines, connecting established settlements like Gansevoort and Victory Mills.