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1946 Map of Shushan

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

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Batten Kill winds through the hills of Washington County, anchoring a mid-century landscape defined by rural hamlets and valley agriculture. The community of Shushan serves as a focal point along the Delaware and Hudson railroad line, while smaller settlements like Eagleville and Anaquassacook are connected by a network of local roads. The terrain is marked by significant elevations such as Dugway Mountain and the ridge of Chestnut Woods, which overlook narrow valleys and hollows including Murray Hollow and McKie Hollow.

Genealogical interest is found in the scattered one-room schoolhouses, such as School No 7 and School No 11, and well-established burial grounds like Camden Cem and Binninger Cem. The border between New York and Vermont runs along the eastern edge of the map, where the topography shifts into Bennington Co and the slopes of Shaftsbury Hollow. From the waters of Lake Lauderdale to the crossing at Pumpkin Hook, the map captures the transition between the rolling uplands and the fertile bottomlands of the White Creek drainage.