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1912 Map of Livermore

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Livermore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Livermore Falls and the neighboring industrial hub of Chisholm anchor the northern reaches of this survey along the Androscoggin River. In 1912, the local economy was defined by the Maine Central RR and timber processing, evidenced by the Richmond Mill and numerous small settlements like East Livermore Mills. The landscape is a complex network of glacial ponds and ridges, from Parker Pond in the northeast to the sprawling Androscoggin Lake at the center.

Genealogists can locate family-named landmarks such as Brettuns Mills Livermore P O and Keens Mills, alongside a dense distribution of rural institutions including Monmouth Academy and the Norland Church. Transportation of the era relied on river crossings like Strickland Ferry and Hillman Ferry, which predated many modern bridge crossings. The map reveals a highly developed early 20th-century rural landscape where every small brook, such as Redwater Brook and Jones Brook, served a local population concentrated around small schools and post offices.