1893 Map of Derby

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Industrial and riverside settlements dominate the valleys where the Housatonic River and Naugatuck River converge. At this late nineteenth-century moment, the urban centers of Birmingham, Derby, Ansonia, and Shelton show dense development driven by the proximity of the Naugatuck Division N. Y. N. H. and H. Railroad. Away from the river corridors, the landscape rises into numerous named heights such as Rockhouse Hill and Mt. Pisgah, where smaller hamlets like Quaker Farms and Southford maintain a more dispersed character.