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1941 Map of Assawompset Pond

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Assawompset Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The vast interior lakes of southeastern Massachusetts dominate this mid-century survey, with Assawompset Pond, Long Pond, and Great Quittacas Pond forming a massive freshwater complex. These waters served as vital resources for neighboring municipalities, evidenced by the presence of the Taunton Waterworks and New Bedford Waterworks. The landscape is a patchwork of glacial terrain and agricultural industry, specifically featuring numerous wetland bogs such as Bettys Neck Cranberry Bog and Washburn Bogs, which speak to the region's long-standing cranberry cultivation.

Small crossroads settlements like Sampsons Corner and Canedys Corner anchor the rural road network, while the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad cuts through the southern section at East Freetown Sta. Local history is preserved in several family and parish burial grounds, including Thompson Hill Cem and Pond Cem, reflecting the early 20th-century character of Lakeville, Middleborough, and Freetown.