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1892 Map of Granby

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Granby
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1917
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1917

About this map

The Farmington River and its various branches dictate the settlement patterns of this late nineteenth-century Connecticut landscape, as seen in the clusters of industry and commerce at Collinsville and Unionville. This 1892 edition, reprinted during World War I, reveals a sophisticated network of transportation including the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Central New England and Western Railroad, which connected remote outposts like Granby Station and Burlington Station to regional markets.

Elevations such as Talcott Mountain provide prominent vantage points, noted here by the presence of Heublein Tower and Bartlett Tower. The topography is defined by significant ridges and valleys, from the curiously named Satan's Kingdom near New Hartford to the hills surrounding West Simsbury and Canton Center. This map serves as an essential record of the Litchfield and Hartford County boundary lines during an era when small riverside villages and upland farming communities like Hampsted and Centerhill were the primary fixtures of the Farmington Valley.