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1954 Map of Tomhannock

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Tomhannock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Tomhannock Reservoir dominates the landscape of Pittstown and Brunswick in this mid-century survey of Rensselaer County. The map documents the rural character of the region just as suburban expansion began to touch towns like Brunswick Center and Melrose. The sprawling water body, fed by Tomhannock Creek and Otter Creek, is surrounded by numerous family-named landmarks and small nineteenth-century hamlets such as Raymertown and Haynersville.

Transport and education patterns of an earlier era are still clearly visible through the presence of rural schoolhouses like School No 5 and the path of the Boston and Maine railroad. Local industry is represented by several quarries and the Quackenkill settlement. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for small burial grounds, including the Maplewood Cem, and identifies named elevations like Piser Hill and Mt Rafinesque.