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1889 Map of Framingham

Name: 1889 Topographic Map of Framingham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1889
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1889

About this map

Concord River and the Sudbury River define this eastern Massachusetts landscape during a period of significant industrial and transportation growth. The convergence of multiple rail lines, including the Boston And Albany Railroad and the Old Colony Railroad, highlights the importance of South Framingham as a regional hub. Local industry is clearly visible with the American Powder Co. located near Maynard and the presence of the Mass. State Muster Grounds near Framingham Center.

Social and civic institutions of the late nineteenth century are documented through markers such as the State Prison near the Concord boundary and the noted Wayside Inn. The map also captures the layout of established villages like Saxonville, Cochituate, and Natick before suburban expansion altered their traditional nineteenth-century footprints. Family-named hills such as Annursnack Hill and Nobscot Hill provide a geographic anchor for genealogists studying the area's ancestral landholdings.