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1946 Map of Mt Grace

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Mt Grace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Warwick sits at the heart of this post-war landscape, where the high ridges of the Northern Uplands define the settlement patterns of the Franklin County and Cheshire Co borderlands. The terrain is marked by prominent elevations like Mt Grace with its Fire Tower and Mayo Hill, while the local economy is etched into the landscape through water features like Richards Mill Pond and Richards Reservoir.

Smaller hamlets such as Mayo Corners and Baptist Corners are connected by a network of named thoroughfares including Northfield Road and Warwick Road. To the south, the village of North Orange and the waters of Whites Pond suggest the early development of this region's rural character before modern suburbanization. This 1940s survey captures a transition period where the mill ponds and reservoirs that once powered local industry remained central to the geography of Royalston and Orange.