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1985 Map of Claremont

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Claremont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Connecticut River serves as the central artery of this New Hampshire and Vermont borderland, where the industrial heritage of the Sugar River and Black River valleys meets the peaks of the Green Mountains. The urban centers of Claremont and Springfield are detailed alongside smaller rail-oriented hamlets like Gassetts and Proctorsville. The map captures a high density of public lands, including the Calvin Coolidge State Forest and Okemo State Forest, preserving the wooded character of the hills even as recreation expanded around Sunapee Lake.

Transit networks are well-defined, showing the Boston & Maine RR following the river and the Green Mountain RR cutting through the Vermont interior. Prominent summits like Mount Ascutney and Stratton Mountain provide clear landmarks for terrain analysis, while smaller villages such as Goshen and South Acworth illustrate the decentralized settlement patterns typical of the Upper Valley and surrounding highlands in the mid-1980s.