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1970 Map of Medfield

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Medfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Charles River defines the winding border between Sherborn and Millis in this 1970s revision, a landscape of wetlands and residential growth. Central to the sheet is the significant campus of the Medfield State Hospital, located just north of Medfield Junction where Conrail rail lines intersect. The map documents the transition of the region from its agricultural and institutional roots toward more suburban density, highlighted by the concentration of public buildings and schools near the Medfield town center, including the Medfield Library and Dale St Sch.

High ground is marked by prominent local summits like Noanet Peak and Noon Hill, which overlook a network of water bodies including South End Pond and Farm Pond. To the south, the industrial and residential corridors of Walpole and West Walpole appear near the Penn Central tracks. This survey, which includes purple photogrammetric revisions from 1977, provides an essential record of how the town of Medfield and its neighbors in Norfolk County evolved during the late twentieth century.