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1968 Map of Nashua North

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Nashua North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Merrimack River serves as the central artery of this landscape, dividing the urban expansion of Nashua and Hudson from the rural woodlands of Litchfield. In the late 1960s, the western bank shows the burgeoning infrastructure of the F. E. Everett Highway alongside industrial corridors and dense residential blocks. Conversely, the eastern side retains a significant amount of undeveloped land within the Litchfield State Forest and agricultural tracts punctuated by family-named landmarks like Thorntons Ferry.

Religious and educational institutions are prominent throughout the southern quadrant, including St Francois Xavier Academie and the Mt St Marys Seminary. Waterways like Pennichuck Brook and Nesenkeag Brook feed into the main river, while numerous smaller bodies of water such as Robinson Pond and Ottarnic Pond define the local topography. This period of growth is further evidenced by the complex network of streets such as Amherst St and Daniel Webster Highway crossing the landscape.