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1943 Map of Sprout Brook

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Sprout Brook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Montgomery and Otsego county border cuts across a landscape defined by high ridges and the winding valleys of Canajoharie Creek and Bowmans Creek. In the early 1940s, this area remained largely rural, centered on established crossroads like Sprout Brook, Salt Springville, and Hessville. The Delaware and Hudson corridor skirts the southern terrain, connecting the village of Cherry Valley to Sharon Springs.

Educational life is documented through a system of numbered rural schools, including School No 13, School No 14, and School No 8, which highlight the decentralized population distribution of the mid-century. Genealogists will find several family-named burial grounds like McFee Cem and Coleman Cem, as well as larger sites like Leesville Cemetery. The topography shifts from the steep ravines at Judd Falls to the agricultural flats surrounding Buel and Van Deusenville.