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1900 Map of Utica

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Utica
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

Utica serves as the industrial and transportation hub of this Mohawk Valley landscape, where the confluence of the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal defined the region's late-19th-century economy. The map illustrates a dense network of competing rail lines, including the West Shore R.R. and the New York Central and Hudson River R.R., which hug the valley floor alongside major manufacturing centers like Frankfort and Ilion.

Away from the river, the terrain rises sharply into named peaks such as Frankfort Hill and Smith Hill, where smaller agricultural settlements and "Corners" like Brayton Corners and Barker Corners persist. The northern reach of the survey is dominated by the winding course of West Canada Creek and the village of Poland. This map effectively documents the transition from the high-density urban core of Utica to the rural townships of Deerfield and Schuyler at the turn of the century.