Francestown and Lyndeborough anchor this landscape in Hillsborough County, characterized by a series of prominent peaks and high ridges. The Wapack Range and North Pack Monadnock Mtn dominate the southwestern corner, while the 2nd New Hampshire Tpke S provides a legacy transport corridor through the central hills. The distribution of small settlements like Russell and South Lyndeborough suggests a long-established rural pattern where community centers developed at the intersection of local routes and water sources like Stony Brook. Genealogists will find several burial grounds noted, including Greenvale Cem and North Lyndeborough Cem. The area’s geography is further defined by several upland water bodies, notably Zephyr Lake and the evocatively named Haunted Lake in the northeast.
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1900 · Peterboro
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Milford
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1926 · Hillsboro
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1927 · Concord
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1929 · Hillsboro
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Fitchburg
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1948 · Boston
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1949 · Portland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1949 · Concord
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Peterborough
USGS Topo · 1:62,500