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1986 Map of Ludlow

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Ludlow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Aroostook County's northern timber and agricultural lands are documented here during the mid-1980s, centered on the small village of Ludlow and the nearby Smyrna Center. The landscape is a network of ridges and water bodies, notably Bull Ridge and Gardiner Ridge, which frame a complex system of brooks and beaver ponds. Evidence of the local infrastructure includes a Radio Tower at Collier and a Gaging Station situated along the drainage near the southern boundary.

The presence of numerous family-named landmarks like Long Fellow and several Gravel Pit sites suggests a terrain defined by small-scale resource extraction and rural landholdings. Extensive wetlands such as the Thousand Acre Swamp and Cameron Bog dominate the northern and eastern reaches, while recreational or homesteading sites are scattered around Cochrane Lake and Bradbury L. The map captures a transition period in Maine's interior, where traditional land use and modern communications infrastructure coexisted.