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1930 Map of Cardigan

Name: 1930 Topographic Map of Cardigan
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Mt Cardigan dominates this central New Hampshire landscape, surrounded by a network of rural schoolhouses and small settlements connected by the Boston and Maine RR. The map illustrates a period of industrial activity in the woods, specifically noted at the Alexandria Mica Mine and several gravel or sand excavations like the Derby Pit. To the east, the shoreline of Newfound Lake features early recreational developments such as Nutting Beach and Whittemore Point.

The distribution of local education is remarkably detailed, recording numerous sites like Poplar Knoll Sch, Riverside Sch, and Bog Sch, which served isolated farmsteads and small hamlets like East Hebron and Grafton Center Cardigan Sta. Terrain features are heavily identified by family names, such as Hutchins Hill and Barber Mtn, providing a rich resource for genealogists tracing the 19th and early 20th-century inhabitants of this upland region.