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1957 Map of East Greenwich

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of East Greenwich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Greenwich Bay dominates this coastal survey, where the developing suburbs of Warwick and East Greenwich meet the tidal waters of Narragansett Bay. The landscape shows a region in mid-century transition, centered on the Theodore Francis Green State Airport at Hillsgrove and the major rail corridor of the Conrail line. The northern portion of the map is densely marked by the State Inst at Howard, while the shoreline is dotted with established summer colonies and neighborhoods like Buttonwoods, Chepiwanoxet, and Oakland Beach.

Coastal recreation and institutional land use define the southern reaches, specifically within the sprawling Goddard Memorial State Park on Potowomut Neck. Inland, the map captures a network of family-named corners and small villages such as Wildes Corner and Frys Corner before the heavy expansion of the interstate era. Educational and religious landmarks, including the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence and several neighborhood schools like Lockwood High Sch, provide essential touchstones for genealogists tracing mid-twentieth-century Rhode Island residency.