1963 Map of Monkton

About this map

The watershed of Little Otter Creek and Otter Creek shapes this portion of Addison County, where the transition from flat valley land to the heights of Hogback and Shellhouse Mountain defines the local geography. In the early 1960s, the landscape remained predominantly agricultural, marked by numerous small burial grounds such as Quaker Cem and Collins Cem that anchor the area's genealogical history. The map captures the civic layout of several interconnected townships, including the city of Vergennes with its Armory and Union High Sch, and the smaller village of Monkton. A distinct network of secondary roads, like Plank Road, links these settlements across a terrain punctuated by marshes, gravel pits, and the Vergennes Watershed forest. This survey provides a clear view of the rural Vermont infrastructure before modern expansion, preserving the locations of legacy institutions like Beeman Academy and the remote heights of Mt Fuller.