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1909 Map of Watertown

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Watertown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

Watertown serves as the industrial and transit hub of Jefferson County in this early twentieth-century survey, with the Black River powering local growth. The city's northern reaches at Huntingtonville and Glen Park highlight the importance of river access, while the New York Central and Hudson River RR and its R W and O Division show the established rail network connecting these upland communities.

South and east of the city, the landscape shifts toward a high-plateau agricultural character marked by family-named hamlets and rural post offices. Local history researchers can trace the locations of Whitesville East Rodman PO and Klondike Worth PO, which suggest the era's reliance on small-scale community nodes. Significant landmarks like Brookside Cemetery and the Middle Road Church provide specific coordinates for genealogical study in townships like Rodman and Rutland.