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1953 Map of Marlborough

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Marlborough
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Lake Terramuggus and the village of Marlborough anchor the southern reaches of this mid-century survey, illustrating a landscape defined by state-managed forests and high ridgelines. The transition between Hartford and Tolland counties is marked by significant acreage dedicated to Meshomasic State Forest and Salmon River State Forest. This period shows a network of named roads like the New Haven and Hartford Road and Boston Road connecting small rural settlements and scattered family-named hills.

Industrial and local history is preserved in labels like Shoddy Mill Brook, pointing to earlier textile milling, and the Birth Mtn Sch near the northern boundary. The terrain is notably punctuated by landmarks such as the Lookout Tower and Television Relay Tower on John Tom Hill, reflecting the technological infrastructure of the early 1950s amidst the traditional farming and forest landscape of Gilead and New Boston Hill.