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1951 Map of Lyndonville

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Lyndonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Lyndonville and the Passumpsic River valley serve as the industrial and educational anchor for this portion of the Northeast Kingdom. At the southern edge of the survey, Lyndon Teachers College marks a significant local institution, while the Canadian Pacific railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern through Sutton Sta and Barton. The landscape is defined by the dramatic proximity of Mt Pisgah and Mt Hor overlooking Willoughby Lake, a terrain that isolated small upland communities like Sheffield Heights and Stannard.

Genealogists will find a dense network of district education and burial sites, including the Old Red Sch, Sherburne Sch, and the South Wheelock Cem. These rural landmarks, alongside family-named features like Ramsey Corner and Ferguson Hill, reflect a mid-century Vermont landscape where hill farms and small school districts remained central to the social fabric before the consolidation of the late 20th century.