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1958 Map of Montville

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Montville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Oxoboxo Lake and the winding Oxoboxo Brook anchor the industrial and residential heart of this New London County landscape in the late 1950s. The map captures a transition between the established mill-and-quarry culture of Montville Center and the expanding residential corridors of Oakdale and Chesterfield. This era reveals a territory dense with family heritage, preserved in numerous small burial grounds such as Salem Cem (Private), Whitaker Cem, and Forsythe Cem.

Water management for local industry and drinking supply is a defining characteristic, visible through the network of reservoirs and ponds like Stony Brook Reservoir, Bogue Brook Res, and Konomoc Lake. Educational and community anchors such as the Fair Oaks Sch and Lakes Pond Ch serve the rural crossroads, while the Nehantic State Forest provides a wooded contrast to the hills named for local families, including Cornstock Hill and Lynch Hill.