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2011 Map of Charleston

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Charleston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Charleston and its surrounding countryside in Penobscot County are defined by a network of rural routes and waterway branches that shaped early settlement in this part of Maine. The area around West Charleston and Hicks Corner is characterized by a landscape of modest elevations such as Bull Hill and Hatch Hill, interspersed with the drainage basins of Crooked Brook and Rollins Brook. To the east, Rollins Mill serves as a reminder of the region's industrial past along these watercourses.

The landscape also supports modern infrastructure, most notably the Charleston Correction Facility and the central Charleston Post Office. Significant water bodies like Kenduskeag Stream in the south and West Branch Dead Stream to the north provide the primary drainage for the agricultural and wooded terrain. From the crossroads at East Corinth to the quiet reaches of Black Stream, the map documents the persistent rural character of the Maine interior.