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1899 Map of Stamford

Name: 1899 Topographic Map of Stamford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1904
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1904

About this map

The Long Island Sound coastline serves as the focal point for this late 19th-century survey, detailing the maritime and rail-connected communities of Fairfield and Westchester counties. Along the shore, the deep indentation of Stamford Harbor L.H. and the residential expansions at Sound Beach and Riverside mark the coastal density. The landscape transitions inland through a network of small hamlets and watersheds, where the Mianus River and Byram River carve paths through the undulating terrain toward the Sound.

Railroad corridors define the era’s commerce, notably the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad skirting the coast and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (Harlem Div.) serving the northern reaches. This 1899 edition provides an intricate view of the borderlands, including settlements like Poundridge and North Castle, and numerous family-named landmarks such as Peck Pt. and Shippan Pt. that remain essential for local history and genealogical research.