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1943 Map of Marlboro

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Marlboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Marlboro serves as the industrial and civic anchor of this 1941 survey, where a dense network of streets radiates from the commercial core toward outlying hills like Oockocanganset Hill. The landscape reflects the early 1940s transition of central Massachusetts, balancing established manufacturing centers with the sprawling institutional grounds of the Westborough State Hospital and the budding aviation activity at Marlboro Airport.

Transport corridors define the regional layout, notably the Boston and Albany RR and the Boston and Worcester Turnpike, which connect the smaller mill and rail villages of Cordaville, Southville, and Fayville. Water management for the growing population is evident in the numerous impoundments, from the Fort Meadow Reservoir in the north to the Millham Reservoir and the Sudbury River wetlands. Educational and religious landmarks, including St Marks Sch and St Anne Sch, mark the social fabric of the established townships.