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1945 Map of Summit

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Summit
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The town of Summit and its namesake Summit Lake anchor this 1940s survey of the Catskills foothills in Schoharie County. The landscape is defined by its series of high hollows and upland ridges, including Beards Hollow, Sawyer Hollow, and Wharton Hollow. While small settlements like Richmondville and Eminence provide focal points, the map reveals a rural social structure dominated by a decentralized network of numbered district schools. Ten separate schoolhouses are located here, ranging from School No 2 near the village to the remote School No 11 further south.

Industrial and agricultural patterns are marked by named water features such as Rossman Fly and Fox Vly, while local genealogy is represented through established burial grounds like the Rossman Cem and Fulton Hill Cem. The southern portion of the sheet shows the terrain dropping toward the West Kill, where East Jefferson sits at the edge of the survey area, illustrating the mid-century transition of this agricultural and timber region.