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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 and the Delaware and Hudson railroad corridor anchor this mid-century view of the borderlands between New York and Vermont. The settlement of Shushan stands as a focal point in the valley, surrounded by a landscape of named ridges and hollows that reflect generations of local land use, from Camden Valley to the heights of Snake Ridge. The rural infrastructure of the era is remarkably well-preserved in this 1946 edition, showing a dense network of district schools including School No 9 and School No 11, along with family-associated locations like Binninger Cem and Camden Cem.

The map details the transition from the wet lowlands of Eldridge Swamp to the high timber of Chestnut Woods, illustrating how the early 20th-century economy followed the water and rail routes through Cambridge and Eagleville. It provides an essential reference for locating small, vanished rural place names such as Pumpkin Hook and Anaquassacook that have since been subsumed by modern developments.