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1921 Map of Montpelier

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Montpelier
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1931
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1931

About this map

The Winooski River and the Central Vermont Railway corridor anchor this 1919 survey, illustrating the transportation spine of central Vermont. The state capital, Montpelier, is detailed alongside neighboring industrial and agricultural hubs like Waterbury and Stowe. The map reveals a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, including a proliferation of numbered district schools such as No 8 School and No 10 School, alongside localized industry like the Talc Mine near Waterbury.

Rising between these valley settlements, the Worcester Mountains dominate the central terrain, featuring peaks like Mt Hunger and Stowe Pinnacle. The landscape is etched with numerous named brooks and hollows, including Stowe Hollow and Shady Rill, which supported small hamlets such as Putnamville and Wrightsville. This survey captures the region just as the Roosevelt Highway began to modernize travel through the Middlesex Gorge.