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1928 Map of Broad Brook

Name: 1928 Topographic Map of Broad Brook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

Thompsonville and Warehouse Point anchor the western edge of this 1928 survey, positioned along the banks of the Connecticut River across from Windsor Locks. Compiled from early Air Corps aerial photographs, this map captures the intensive agricultural and industrial landscape of northern Hartford County before modern suburbanization. The interior is defined by a network of rural settlements like Hazardville, Scitico, and Melrose, all linked by the winding course of the Scantic River.

Evidence of the region's tobacco-growing heritage and mill-driven economy is visible in the placement of Broad Brook and Sadd's Mills, where the local terrain dictated the growth of these small centers. The map also delineates the eastern boundary transition between Hartford County and Tolland County, showing the established land divisions and small-scale hamlets like Windsorville and Osborne as they functioned in the late 1920s.