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1941 Map of Mt Grace

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Mt Grace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Mt Grace dominates the western landscape of this 1941 survey, crowned by a Fire Tower that serves as a sentinel over the surrounding uplands of Franklin and Worcester Counties. The village of Warwick sits at a central crossroads, connecting historical routes like the Northfield Road and Athol Road. To the east, the terrain descends into the drainage of the Tully River and Tully Brook, where small water bodies such as Richards Mill Pond and Sheomet Lake suggest a long history of water-powered industry and local recreation.

Settlement patterns in this era are concentrated in small nodes like Baptist Corners and North Orange, while the upland reaches are defined by family-named landmarks and meadows, including Albees Meadow and Butterworth Ridge. The map captures the area's rural character before mid-century development, preserving the locations of the Newton Cem near the New Hampshire border and the dispersed farmsteads that once lined the Winchester Road.