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1927 Map of Concord

Name: 1927 Topographic Map of Concord
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1927
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1927

About this map

The Merrimack River and Contoocook River shape the settlement patterns of this central New Hampshire landscape during the mid-1920s. Concord serves as the dense urban hub, flanked by institutional landmarks like the State Prison, State Hospital, and the sprawling St Pauls School campus near Turkey Pond. The surrounding townships of Hopkinton, Dunbarton, and Goffstown reveal a rural economy connected by the Boston and Maine Railroad.

Evidence of early 20th-century civic life is found in the high density of district schools, such as the Stumpfield School and Whittiers Pond School, alongside industrial vestiges like the Iron Works south of the city. The terrain is defined by numerous named heights, including Rattlesnake Hill and Gould Hill, which dictated the winding paths of the early State Highway system as it began to supersede the old rail corridors for regional travel.