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1945 Map of Medfield

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Medfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Charles River defines the pastoral landscape of this mid-century Norfolk County survey, winding through a complex system of marshes and meadows before reaching Medfield. The map documents a significant era of institutional land use, anchored by the sprawling Medfield State Hospital and its proximity to Harding. The infrastructure of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR remains a dominant feature, serving the industrial and passenger needs of Millis, Sherborn, and Walpole.

Social and recreational history is represented by the Norfolk Hunt Club and several long-established burial grounds, including Vine Lake Cem and Prospect Hill Cem. The terrain is marked by numerous distinctive peaks such as Noanet Peak and Strawberry Hill, interspersed with an intricate network of local roads like Village St and Causeway St that reveal the 1940s development pattern of these historic Massachusetts towns.