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1930 Map of Bellows Falls

Name: 1930 Topographic Map of Bellows Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the central artery for this late 1920s survey, dividing the Vermont towns of Westminster and Rockingham from their New Hampshire neighbors. In the industrially active Bellows Falls, the Boston and Maine RR hugs the riverbanks, supporting the regional economy alongside landmarks like the Kurn Hattin Home. The map captures a transition from river-level commerce to the higher, agricultural uplands of Alstead and Charlestown.

Researchers will find a landscape dotted with the remnants of early 20th-century civic life, including numerous district schools like the Berry Hill Sch and Mica Mine Sch. The interior hills are defined by family-named landmarks such as Holden Hill and Grout Hill, while the Mica Mine near Gilsum points to the specific mineral extraction of the era. This edition, compiled in part from aerial photographs, preserves the exact locations of vanished structures like Dodge Tavern and several rural cemeteries, including Slade Cemetery.