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1944 Map of Mt. Pawtuckaway

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Mt. Pawtuckaway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Mount Pawtuckaway dominates the center of this 1940s landscape, surrounded by a network of rural schoolhouses and family-named hills that define the borderlands of Strafford and Rockingham counties. This Army Map Service revision, based on 1942 aerial photography, reveals a region where the Boston and Maine Railroad connects established hubs like Epping and Raymond, while smaller hamlets like Nottingham Square and Wadley Falls anchor the outlying agricultural areas.

The distribution of local institutions, including the Central State Church and the County Farm near Brentwood, provides a clear view of the social geography of the era. Water-powered industry and recreation are evident along the Lamprey River and Bow Lake, where Bow Lake Village sits at the northern edge. From the heights of Saddleback Mountain to the clustered settlements of Northwood Ridge and Northwood Narrows, the map documents a New Hampshire interior shaped by its river valleys and early road network before the era of modern interstate development.