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1927 Map of Holderness

Name: 1927 Topographic Map of Holderness
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

The Pemigewasset River carves a deep path through the Lakes Region, serving as a primary corridor for the Boston and Maine RR and the early 20th-century road network. This landscape is defined by its numerous water bodies, including the irregular shorelines of Little Squam Lake and the island-studded Waukewan Lake. The settlement pattern in the 1920s reveals a dense network of local education, with numerous one-room schools like the Plaisted School, Town House School, and Chemung School serving rural families in the hills between Ashland and Meredith.

High points such as Leavitt Mtn and Burleigh Mtn overlook a complex terrain of ponds and meeting houses. Along the southern edge, the Bay Meeting House and Bay School near Wickwas Lake anchor the community in Sanbornton. The presence of Profile Falls near Bristol and the clustering of cemeteries (marked as Cem) across the quadrangle provide valuable data points for those tracing the geographic history and genealogy of the Belknap and Grafton county borderlands.