MAPS - TOWN OF WARWICK, NEW YORK

Selected historical and physical maps of the area. More maps are part of the Warwick Heritage Digital Collection

Erskine Maps

These maps were drawn by Washington's map makers, Robert Erskine and Simeon DeWitt. They are part of the collection of the New York Historical Society. We have obtained permission to present the Warwick sections of some of these maps, with notes. The home site of this collection at the New York Historical Society is: https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Amaps

From Newborough to Ft. Lee, #36 [Warwick Section] circa 1778
This map shows key locations of interest to Washington, and each label has a story to tell about Warwick in the Revolutionary War.
Erskine/Dewitt #128: Roads from New Windsor to Goshen, Florida, etc., circa 1782
Map showing alternate western route through Warwick, the "Armstrong Road". Labelled locations include Florida & Warwick meeting houses, Archibald Armstrong, Carpenter's Tavern, Nathaniel Roe, Mts. Adam and Eve, George Rankin.

Other Revolutionary War Era Maps

1776 Map by Governor Pownall (British)
A section of "The provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Surveyor General, of the Northern District in America. Corrected and improved, from the original materials, by Governr. Pownall, Member of Parliament, 1776. " from the Library of Congress Collection