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1949 Map of Tyner

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Tyner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

The Chenango River valley serves as the primary corridor for transportation and water drainage in this rural section of Chenango County. The landscape is defined by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad tracks and the remnants of an Abandoned Canal following the river's eastern bank, illustrating a transition from early waterway transport to steam-age rail. Numerous family-named crossroads and small settlements like Tyner and Smithville Center anchor the local geography, while elevated water bodies such as Lake Ludlow and Wurn Lake dot the upland terrain.

Agricultural life and small-town infrastructure are evident in the distribution of rural schools and family burial grounds. Notable landmarks include the Windham Sch and several cemeteries, such as the Curtiss Cem and Moore Cem, which provide significant points of interest for genealogical research. The map captures the region at a point where the traditional dairy and rail-based economy remained largely intact, prior to major late-20th-century modernization.