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1951 Map of Lyndonville

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Lyndonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Lake Willoughby and Crystal Lake anchor the northern landscape of this Vermont survey, where the Canadian Pacific railroad cuts through the valley floor. The map documents the mid-century social geography of the Northeast Kingdom, centered on the village of Lyndonville and the Lyndon Teachers College. In the highlands of Wheelock and Sheffield, the terrain is defined by family-named landmarks like Ferguson Hill and Mathewson Hill, alongside small clusters of rural development at Sheffield Square and Ramsey Corner.

The distribution of schoolhouses and houses of worship, such as the South Wheelock Ch and the Old Red Sch, reveals a landscape of dispersed agricultural communities. Connectivity between these townships relied on the network of local brooks and rivers, including the Passumpsic River and Willoughby River. From the heights of Mt Pisgah to the marshes around Flagg Pond, the map provides a meticulous record of land use and habitation before the widespread consolidation of rural infrastructure.