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1929 Map of Claremont

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Claremont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the central artery for this late 1920s survey, dividing the Vermont and New Hampshire borderlands. On the eastern bank, Claremont emerges as a significant industrial and transit hub, anchored by the Sugar River and the Boston And Maine RR. The landscape is a network of small, specialized hamlets and family-named landmarks, from the curiously named Butcherknife Corner and Puckershire to the established agricultural grounds of the Sullivan County Farm.

Transportation history is particularly well-documented here, showing the era's reliance on both modern and traditional crossings. The Cornish Bridge and Cheshire Toll Bridge represent fixed infrastructure, while Ashleys Ferry still appears as a river transit point near Weathersfield Bow. To the west, the massive profile of Ascutney Mtn dominates the horizon, overlooking a landscape dotted with district schoolhouses like Limekiln Sch and Dingleton Sch, providing a precise record of rural community life before the mid-century period of school consolidation.