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1941 Map of Billerica

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Billerica
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The Concord River meanders northward through the heart of this 1939 survey, serving as the central artery for a landscape defined by its early industrial and institutional development. The industrial character of the era is evident in the infrastructure surrounding North Billerica, where the Middlesex Canal and the Boston and Maine Railroad converge near the Talbot Sch and Water Works. Further south, the landscape shifts toward large-scale public institutions, notably the sprawling U S Veterans Hospital near Bedford Springs and the House of Correction along the riverbanks.

Local civic life is centered on numerous village nuclei such as Chelmsford Center and Carlisle, each anchored by neighborhood schools like Mitchell Sch and Howe High Sch. For genealogists, the map is particularly dense with burial sites, including the clustered St Patrick Cem, Westlawn Cem, and Edson Cem in the north, while the southern reaches reveal smaller community hubs like South Billerica and the residential clusters around Nutting Lake.