1954 Map of Sherman

About this map

Sherman serves as the primary hub of this mid-century Western New York landscape, situated at a junction where the Pennsylvania RR Sta meets a grid of rural routes. The village is defined by its position along French Creek, which flows southwest toward Slab City. To the north and east, the terrain transitions into a more heavily wooded and protected environment within the State Reforestation Area, where numerous family-named roads like Putnam Road and Brumagin Road weave through the hills of Chautauqua. Small rural clusters such as Summerdale and Stebbins Corners represent the dispersed settlement pattern typical of the era. Genealogists may find particular value in locating the Porter Cem or identifying local landmarks like the North Harmony Ch and Central Ch, which anchored these upland farming communities in the early 1950s.