1922 Map of White Lake

About this map

White Lake and the surrounding Sullivan County landscape are defined by a dense network of glacial water bodies and early 20th-century rural outposts. Settlement is concentrated in small hubs like Bethel, Eldred, and Fosterdale, while the countryside is dotted with one-room schoolhouses such as Birch Ridge School, Hurd School, and Wellstown School. The presence of the Plank Road running north-south through Thompson and early industrial markers like Bacas Mill and Falls Mill speak to a local economy once rooted in timber and milling. The terrain is notably varied, moving from the wetlands of Deep Hollow Swamp and Grassy Swamp Pond to heights like Nigger Hill and Round Top. For those tracing ancestry, the map preserves specific cultural enclaves like Dutch Settlement and family-linked landmarks such as the Stewart Cemetery, showing the region before the modern era of development.