1950 Map of Ashburnham

About this map

Lower Naukeag Lake and Upper Naukeag Lake anchor a landscape defined by significant water resources and early industrial settlements along the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The Boston and Maine Railroad cuts through the region, serving historic stops like the Old North Ashburnham Sta, which once linked these upland communities to larger manufacturing hubs. Smaller clusters such as Converseville, Lane Village, and Blackburn Village suggest a late-19th-century pattern of development centered around local mills and the North Branch Millers River.