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1903 Map of Middlebury

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Middlebury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Middlebury and the surrounding townships of New Haven and Bristol define this landscape at the dawn of the twentieth century. The map illustrates a region transitioning from raw resource extraction to a more established agricultural and transit network, notably marked by the Bristol Orebed and another Orebed further north near Barnumtown. These sites of early industry are connected to the wider world by the Rutland railroad line and the Plank Road, which cuts across the central valley near Vergennes.

Water power is central to the settlement pattern here, with nodes like New Haven Mills and Brooksville situated along the New Haven River and Otter Creek. Along the eastern edge, the dramatic rising of Hogback Mountain and South Mountain constrains development to the fertile Bristol Flats. For genealogists, the map preserves specific points of interest like the Spring Grove Campground and the distinct junction at New Haven Junction, where the rail lines once met.