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1905 Map of Middlebury

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Middlebury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Middlebury and the surrounding townships of Addison County reveal a landscape defined by the steep North-South spine of the Hogback Mountains and the winding Otter Creek. The early 20th-century economy is visible through the presence of the Bristol Orebed and another Orebed further north near Monkton, evidence of the region's historical iron mining. In the fertile lowlands of the Bristol Flats, the New Haven River supported clusters of industry and community at New Haven Mills and Brooksville.

Transportation networks are heavily dictated by the terrain, with the Rutland R R skirting the hills to connect Vergennes and New Haven Junction. Notable social and transit landmarks include the Spring Grove Campground and the historic Plank Road, which provided vital passage across the valley before modern paving. Numerous small settlements like Barnumtown and Ackworth appear as active centers of local life in this rural Vermont era.