Research

Scope and Content Note

These are copies of maps on blueprint paper. The maps were produced in compliance with the legal requirement for villages applying for incorporation to have a survey and survey map of the village made.

The maps show: name of village; name of county; date surveyed; name of surveyor; village corporation boundary lines and measurements; streets and street names; railroads; waterways; names of landholders; and sometimes, the survey description. Five of the maps are of districts in the Sacandaga Reservoir region and, in addition to the above information, provide: tract numbers; acreage of tracts; county and town lines; and school district lines.