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1943 Map of Concord

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Concord
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The literary and revolutionary heart of Middlesex County is documented here during the early 1940s, centered on the historic town of Concord. The landscape is a network of intellectual landmarks, featuring Authors Ridge and Revolutionary Ridge overlooking the winding Concord River. To the south, the Walden Pond State Reservation preserves the woods and waters made famous by Thoreau, including Emersons Cliff and nearby Sandy Pond.

Transport and education define the surrounding corridor, with the Boston and Maine RR connecting settlements like Lincoln and West Bedford. Institutional presence is significant, ranging from the Middlesex Sch in the north to Weston College in the south. The map captures the suburban and academic character of the era, from the old town centers and the Old Burying Ground to the expanding Cambridge Reservoir, which reshaped the eastern terrain near Waltham.