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1983 Map of Bar Mills

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Bar Mills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Saco River serves as the central artery of this region, shaping the industrial and social landscape of York County. Along its banks, the settlements of Bar Mills, Salmon Falls, and Union Falls mark points where the river's power was historically harnessed for local industry. Further inland, the map reveals a network of small village centers and crossroads including Hollis Center, Goodwins Mills, and Clarks Mills, which anchored the surrounding rural landscape.

Evidence of the area's timber and agricultural heritage is seen in the large expanse of the Massabesic Experimental Forest and several extraction sites like the Sand & Gravel Pits near Dayton School. Transportation history is clearly legible through an Old Railroad Grade and a dense network of family-named routes such as Stackpole Road and Gould Road. Landmarks like Bear Hill Ch and several scattered cemeteries provide specific points of interest for those tracing the community's genealogy and early settlement patterns.