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2023 Map of West Potsdam

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of West Potsdam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

The Raquette River winds through the eastern portion of this St. Lawrence County landscape, anchoring the settlements of Norwood, Hewittville, and Potsdam. This contemporary topographic record reveals a persistent agricultural and residential network defined by historic road names such as Moores Corners-Burnhams Corner Rd and Rutherford Rd. Smaller rural hamlets like Slab City, West Potsdam, and Eben are scattered across the interior, connected by a dense grid of local routes like Co Rd 35 and Morley Potsdam Rd.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the distribution of several family and community burial grounds, including Riverside Cem near the river and West Potsdam Cem further west. The transition from the northern reaches of Madrid down toward the primary village of Potsdam is illustrated through a landscape of wetlands and small watercourses like Trout Brook and Stony Brook, which feed the region's larger drainage basins.