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1917 Map of Belfast

Name: 1917 Topographic Map of Belfast
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1917
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1917

About this map

The Passagassawakeag River flows toward the harbor at Belfast, where the Maine Central Railroad meets the maritime commerce of Penobscot Bay. This survey reflects an era when coastal Waldo County was a network of tight-knit agricultural and milling communities. Inland from the bay, the landscape is defined by family-named landmarks and rural infrastructure, from the Sherman Mill in the southwest to the County Farm near the center of the sheet.

Education and industry were localized, evidenced by the numerous district schoolhouses like Robinson School and Bartlett School, alongside small milling centers such as Poors Mill and Holmes Mill. Notable topographical features like Levenseller Mountain and Quantabacook Pond provide a sense of the varied terrain that shaped the growth of settlements like Morrill, Searsmont, and Northport before the modern highway system centralized commerce.