2023 Map of Sprout Brook

About this map

Sharon Springs and the village of Cherry Valley anchor this detailed study of the rolling uplands at the intersection of Otsego, Schoharie, and Montgomery counties. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of several critical drainages, including Canajoharie Creek and West Creek, which carve through the high ground surrounding Mount Independence. Small 19th-century hamlets like Salt Springville and Sprout Brook remain central to the local road network, which still follows historic alignments like the Indian Trail Rd and Luenburgh Tpke. For genealogists and local historians, the map documents several rural burial grounds such as Flint Cem and Coleman Cem, which are often the only remaining physical markers of the area's earliest farming families. The settlement pattern remains largely agricultural, with clusters of development at Leesville and Engleville near the tranquil Engleville Pond.