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1955 Map of Coventry Center

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Coventry Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Coventry Center serves as the focal point for this mid-century look at the rural West Bay region, where the industrial past of central Rhode Island meets its managed forests and waterways. The New York New Haven And Hartford railroad tracks cut a definitive line through the landscape, connecting the village of Greene with the rail stop at Summit. This transit corridor supported a local economy once reliant on timber and stone, evidenced by the Jackson Quarry and the expansive Wickaboxet State Forest to the south.

Large hydrological works like Flat River Reservoir and Quidnick Reservoir dominate the eastern and central topography, while the map preserves the locations of numerous small family cemeteries and country institutions. Local landmarks such as the Bowen Hill Lookout Tower and the Western Coventry Sch provide points of reference for genealogists tracing the 20th-century development of small settlements like Potterville and Kitts Corner.