1952 Map of Haddam

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the focal point for this early 1950s survey of Middlesex County, where established river settlements like Haddam and Higganum sit alongside the winding tracks of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR. The landscape is defined by its water-powered industrial legacy and extensive state lands, including the vast Cockaponset State Forest and the recreational grounds of Chatfield Hollow State Park. Numerous small impoundments such as Black Shop Pond and Bell Shop Pond suggest a history of localized manufacturing and milling that shaped these valleys. For genealogists, the map is particularly rich in burial data, documenting numerous neighborhood graveyards including the Little City Cem, Burr District Cem, and the remote Stone House Cem, which anchor the smaller hamlets of Ponset and West Haddam.