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1919 Map of Alton

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Alton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Alton Bay and the village of Alton serve as the northwestern gateways to this 1917 survey of the New Hampshire Lakes Region. The Boston and Maine RR winds through the river valleys, connecting the manufacturing hub of Farmington with the agricultural uplands. The landscape is defined by its dramatic ridges and plateaus, including Birch Ridge and the Blue Hills Range, which separate the drainage of the Merrymeeting River from the Cocheco River basin.

Local life at this time centered on scattered rural schoolhouses and crossroads settlements. Researchers can identify Nute Ridge School, Pitman School, and Willeytown School situated along a network of historic thoroughfares like the Ten Rod Road and Dover Road. From the heights of Blue Job Mtn to the shores of Bow Lake, the map documents a transition from industrial valley centers to the high-country farms of Strafford and Middleton.