1951 Map of Clinton

About this map

The coastal settlements of Madison and Clinton anchor this mid-century portrait of the Middlesex shoreline during a period of significant infrastructure expansion. The recently added Connecticut Turnpike cuts across the landscape, paralleling the older New York New Haven and Hartford railroad line and signaling the post-war growth of the region. Inland, the terrain is dominated by the sprawling Cockaponset State Forest and the heights of Roast Meat Hill and Buell Hill, which rise above the Hammonasset River valley.