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1948 Map of Stephentown Center

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Stephentown Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The hills and river valleys of Rensselaer County are captured here in a 1948 Army Map Service survey, centering on the rural community of Stephentown Center. The landscape is dominated by the Capital District State Forest Game Refuge, a sprawling wooded upland marked by the Seven Hill Firetower and the Airway Beacon on Buckpeat Hill. Settlement follows the watercourses and roads, with clusters at West Stephentown, Garfield, and Dunham Hollow.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several burial grounds, including Hillside Cem and Sacred Heart Cem near the town of Stephentown. The northeastern corner of the map shows the route of the Rutland railroad as it cuts through the terrain near Black River Pond. Water remains a central feature of the local geography, from the meandering Kinderhook Creek to the isolated Saberney Gila Swamp south of Bald Hill.