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1891 Map of Berwick

Name: 1891 Topographic Map of Berwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1891
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1891

About this map

The Maine New Hampshire Boundary Line serves as the central spine of this late-19th-century landscape, separating the rugged hill country of York County from the industrial hubs along the Salmon Falls River. The map captures a moment when the Rochester and Portland Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad dictated the geography of movement, connecting scattered timber and mill settlements like Milton Mills and Emerys Mills to larger centers like Sanford and Rochester.

From the high points of Beaver Hill and Bauneg Beg, the terrain drops toward the river valleys where water power sustained communities at Great Falls and Springvale. Genealogists will find a detailed network of hamlets including North Lebanon, Center Lebanon, and West Lebanon, reflecting the dense rural settlement pattern before the dominance of the automobile began to consolidate these distinct village centers.