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1898 Map of Bennington

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Bennington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1920
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1920

About this map

Bennington serves as the industrial and transit hub of this 1898 survey, where the Bennington and Rutland R.R. and the Lebanon Springs R.R. converge. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the valley floor to the high elevations of the Green Mountains, with peaks like Glastenbury Mt and The Dome overlooking the corridor of the Walloomsac River. Small industrial nodes like Papermill Village and North Bennington show the early concentration of development along water power sources and rail lines.

In the more secluded eastern highlands, numerous brooks such as Hell Hollow Brook and Bolles Brook feed into larger systems, while small settlements like Woodford and Heartwellville sit isolated in the high basins. Local history researchers can trace old township divisions between Shaftsbury, Pownal, and Stamford, noting family-named landmarks like Harrington Cobble and Bingham Hill that suggest the era's agricultural and timber-driven land use.