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1944 Map of Ludlow

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Ludlow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Chicopee River valley serves as the industrial and transit corridor for this part of Hampden County, where the Boston and Albany Railroad and Central Vermont Railway converge near North Wilbraham. The map illustrates a landscape transitioning from the dense residential grids of Indian Orchard and Ludlow to the more open, upland terrain of the Facing Hills and Minechoag Mtn. To the north, the massive Springfield Reservoir dominates the drainage of Jabish Brook, while an extensive aqueduct network carries water south toward the population centers.

Local history is preserved through numerous family-named peaks and small water bodies such as Bagg Hill, Lyons Pond, and Jefferson Peak. Prominent institutions of the era are clearly marked, including the campus of Wilbraham Academy and several rural schoolhouses like Washington Sch and School No 6. The southern portion of the sheet reveals a series of glacial ponds, including Nine Mile Pond and Spectacle Pond, surrounded by developing residential streets like Fernbank Rd and Parker Street.