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1947 Map of Bound Brook

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Bound Brook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

The confluence of the Raritan River and the Millstone River serves as the industrial and transit nexus of this mid-century Somerset County landscape. The area is defined by a dense concentration of rail infrastructure, where the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Reading Railroad intersect at the heart of Bound Brook. This network supported the growth of manufacturing centers like Manville and South Bound Brook, which appear here at their post-war industrial peak.

North of the river valley, the terrain rises sharply toward Mt Horeb and Round Top, revealing a more rural character in Bernards Township and Bridgewater Township. Local history details abound, from the religious community at Zorephath and the sprawling Duke Estate to the WJZ Radio Mast and the Serca Pana Jezusa Cem. The presence of the Lehigh Valley (Delaware and Raritan Canal) route alongside the Millstone River provides a clear trace of the region's earlier commercial waterways.