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1953 Map of Fitchville

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Fitchville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Yantic River carves a path through the heart of New London County, connecting the industrial and transport hubs of Fitchville and Gilman. This early 1950s landscape, later updated to show growing highway infrastructure, reveals a region defined by its water resources and recreational retreats. Extensive summer camps like Camp Mooween on Red Cedar Lake and Camp Tadma near Tadma Pond signify the area's mid-century role as a regional woodland getaway.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the distribution of family-named landmarks and rural institutions, from the Goshen Ch and its adjacent Goshen Cem to the isolated Leffingwell Sch. The Central Vermont railroad line parallels the river, serving the manufacturing interests in the valleys while bypasses like the Colchester Turnpike began to modernize the transit network between the small hill settlements of Goshen and Avery Corner.