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1942 Map of Holliston

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Holliston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Holliston serves as a central hub on this 1942 preliminary edition, where the New York New Haven and Hartford RR intersects the town's expanding road network. The landscape is defined by its water resources and industrial-era infrastructure, from the Ashland Reservoir in the north to the Charles River flowing through the southern manufacturing centers of Medway and West Medway. Smaller settlements like Braggville and Caryville are clearly marked, often centered around specific rail stops like the Braggville Sta.

Social and educational life in the late 1930s is mapped through localized features including the Wilder Sch, Braggville Sch, and Bear Hill Sch. The area's spiritual and memorial landscape is represented by several significant sites, notably St Marys Cem and Lake Grove Cem adjacent to Lake Winthrop. This survey, completed just before the United States' entry into World War II, preserves the layout of Middlesex and Norfolk counties at a time when the rural character began to give way to more frequent suburban connections.