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1935 Map of Montville

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Montville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

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Chesterfield and Oakdale anchor this mid-1930s landscape, which reveals a complex network of early New London County water management and rural settlement. The terrain is defined by a succession of family-named heights such as Raymond Hill and Comstock Hill, interspersed with an extensive system of reservoirs including Stony Brook Reservoir, Barns Reservoir, and Bogue Brook Reservoir. The presence of the Yale Engineering Camp in the southwest near Powers Lake reflects the area's use for field study during this era.

Social infrastructure is densely documented through numerous district schools like Pond Sch and Collins Sch, alongside several historic burying grounds such as Raymond Hill Cem. A long Connecticut Power Company Transmission Line cuts across the center of the quadrangle, signaling the modernization of the rural corridor between Montville and the surrounding townships. From the wooded expanse of Nehantic State Forest to the small-town hub at Lakes Pond PO, the map preserves the precise placement of homes and civic markers before mid-century suburbanization.