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1967 Map of Middletown Springs

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Middletown Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Middletown Springs and the surrounding Taconic foothills appear here in a snapshot of late-1960s rural Vermont. The landscape is defined by the steep north-south ridges of Tinmouth Mountain and Clark Mountain, which funnel the Tinmouth Channel and various brooks toward the Poultney River. Significant local industry is represented by numerous Gravel Pits scattered along the valley floor, while the cultural history of the area is preserved in a high density of small family or community burial grounds, including the Pleasant View Cem and Crampton Cem.

The road network, including the specifically named The Purchase, suggests an era of persistent agricultural and residential patterns before modern development. In the eastern valley, Chipman Lake and the small settlement of Scottsville mark the transition toward the Wallingford border. This survey is particularly useful for genealogists, as it locates specific cemetery sites like Staples Cem and Cook Cem that represent the early settlement history of these hillside townships.