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1916 Map of Liberty

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Liberty
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1916
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1916

About this map

St George Lake and the village of Liberty serve as the central hub of this mid-1910s landscape where Waldo, Lincoln, Kennebec, and Knox counties converge. The terrain is defined by a dense network of small rural schoolhouses like Barlow School, Halldale School, and McDowell School, which supported the dispersed farming families of the era. The narrow-gauge Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington RR cuts through the western edge of the sheet, providing a vital connection for the residents of Branch Mills Palermo PO and Coles.

One of the most curious jurisdictional features is the presence of Hibberts Gore, a small unincorporated area nestled among the more established townships of Palermo, Somerville, and Washington. The map further reveals the industrial traces of the time at Woodmans Mills and the isolated settlement known as The Kingdom near Kingdom Bog. Elevations such as Hogback Mtn and Appleton Ridge overlook a landscape filled with family-named landmarks like Sennetts Corner and Hutchins Corner, offering a detailed view of the region's early twentieth-century social geography.