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1892 Map of Freeport

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Freeport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1892
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1892

About this map

Coastal Cumberland County in the early 1890s is defined by its intricate shoreline and the convergence of maritime and rail commerce. The Maine Central Railroad and Grand Trunk Railroad cross the landscape, intersecting at Yarmouth Junction to connect inland industrial centers like Lisbon Falls with the Atlantic coast. This survey captures a specific era of Maine's maritime economy, where tidal estuaries such as the Harraskeket River supported essential shipping points at Mast Landing, Porter Landing, and South Freeport.

The waters of Casco Bay and Maquoit Bay are dotted with dozens of named islands, including Great Moshier Island, Cousin Island, and Upper Goose Island. Inland, the terrain rises toward Bradbury Mt, overlooking a network of farming and mill settlements like North Pownal and Durham. The map provides a census of the region's late-19th-century geography, from the Androsccogin River in the north to the busy harbor at Yarmouth.