2018 Map of Hope Valley

About this map

Hope Valley and Wyoming anchor the southern reach of this 2018 survey, where the Wood River system winds through the borderlands of Kent and Washington Counties. The landscape is deeply tied to the water power of the late industrial era, evidenced by numerous impoundments like Browning Mill Pond and Canob Pond that supported small mill settlements such as Arcadia and Barberville. The map is a remarkable resource for genealogists, documenting a dense network of family burial sites and private plots, including the Lillibridge Burial Ground, the Lewis - Himes - Tillinghast Plot, and the Sprague Tefft Family Cem. These sites are scattered across the wooded elevations of Nooseneck Hill and Tefft Hill, revealing the early settlement patterns of South County families long after the peak of the textile industry that once defined these rural villages.