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1944 Map of East Greenwich

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of East Greenwich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The State Farm complex and the adjacent State Prison anchor the northern landscape of this wartime survey, showing the intensive institutional land use in the Howard area. Along the coastline, the expansion of the State Airport at Hillsgrove contrasts with the established residential patterns of Apponaug and the waterfront character of Oakland Beach. The map details a transition from the industrial and correctional facilities near the Pawtuxet River to the open recreational space of Goddard State Park and the specialized medical grounds of the Crawford Allen Hospital on the Potowomut peninsula.

Transportation networks are heavily represented by the New York New Haven and Hartford RR and a dense web of roads like the South County Trail. The document captures the distinct village identities within Warwick City, from the rail-oriented Norwood to the coastal reaches of Conimicut. It preserves the 1940s footprint of East Greenwich before the major suburban shifts of the later twentieth century.