About Ward, New York

Ward is a town in Allegany County, in the county's southeast quadrant north of the village of Wellsville. Established in 1856 from parts of Alfred and Amity, it traces its earliest settlement to about 1817. Local features include Phillips Creek, Plumbottom State Forest, Vandermark State Forest, and roads such as Belmont Road and Jericho Hill Road.

  • Hamilton Ward NamesakeThe town was named for Hamilton Ward.
  • Phillips Creek CommunityPhillips Creek, Ward's only significant community, was first settled between 1830 and 1835 near the northern town line.
  • Route 244New York Route 244 is a major east-west highway through northern Ward.
  • The 1838 WindstormA violent windstorm caused property destruction and loss of life in the summer of 1838.
  • Mostly LandWard covers 29.2 square miles, with water accounting for 0.03 percent of its area.

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Names on the Ward map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks3

  • Phillips Creek
  • Plumbottom State Forest
  • Vandermark State Forest

Streets and roads32

  • Belmont Road
  • Nys Route 244
  • Wadsworth Hill Road
  • Jericho Hill Road
  • Stuck Hill Road
  • Elm Valley Road
  • Brown Road
  • Simm Road
  • Irish Settlement Road
  • Mulligan Road
  • Waugh Brook Road
  • Baker Road
  • White Road
  • Cornelius Road
  • Dry Brook Road
  • Austin Road
  • Bird Forest Road
  • Putt Brook Road
  • Duke Road
  • Hemlock Hill Road
  • Allen Forest
  • Sprague Road
  • Cooley Hill Road
  • Watson Road
  • North Road
  • Earl Brown Road
  • Hogan Road
  • Easton Road
  • Reddy Road
  • Plum Bottom Road
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  • Scotch Pine Drive
  • Decker Road

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The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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