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1911 Map of Fryeburg

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Fryeburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Fryeburg and the surrounding townships of Lovell, Stoneham, and Sweden are defined by the intricate waterways of the Saco River and the expansive Upper Bay and Lower Bay of Kezar Lake. In the southern portion of the map, the Maine Central Railroad (White Mountains Line) skirts the village of Fryeburg, passing the local Fairgrounds and the Battle Monument near Jockey Cap. The landscape is a patchwork of small agrarian settlements and scattered rural schoolhouses, such as the Menotomy School and Foxborg School, which served the family farms tucked between numerous hills like Starks Mtn and Sabattus Mtn.

To the north, timber and small-scale industry are suggested by place names like Slab City and the Noah Eastman Pit. The map captures a moment when travel and commerce relied on a network of dirt roads connecting isolated hamlets like Lynchville and North Waterford to the river valleys. This 1909 survey, reprinted in 1947, preserves the early 20th-century character of Oxford County before modern development significantly altered the rural layout.