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1939 Map of Easthampton

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Easthampton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The Connecticut River creates a dramatic landscape here, defined by the prominent Oxbow and the rising slopes of the Mt Tom range. In the late 1930s, this portion of Hampshire County was anchored by the industrial and institutional centers of Northampton and Easthampton. The map reveals a high concentration of healthcare and social infrastructure, from the U S Veterans Hospital and County Sanatorium to the sprawling State Hospital complex.

Transit and industry follow the waterways, with the Manhan River and Mill River powering local development. For genealogists, the sheet is particularly valuable for its documentation of numerous religious and community burial grounds, including St Marys Cem, St Benoit Cem, and the Spring Grove Cemetery. The interplay of rail lines like the Boston and Maine RR and the New York New Haven and Hartford underscores the region's historical role as a primary New England transportation corridor.