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1965 Map of Nashua South

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Nashua South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The Merrimack River serves as the central artery for this mid-century landscape, dividing the urbanizing industrial centers from the wooded hills of Dunstable and Hudson. In the north, the city of Nashua displays its dense residential and commercial core, with the Everett Turnpike and the Boston and Maine railroad providing the infrastructure for postwar growth. Local religious and educational life is anchored by institutions like Rivier College, St Anthonys Friary, and the Presentation of Mary Academy.

Moving south across the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border, the terrain transitions into the recreation-focused lands of Tyngsborough, featuring the Vesper Country Club and the sprawling Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest. Genealogists will find several burial grounds, including the Little Dunstable Cem and Sherburne Cem, while the extractive history of the region is evident in the Fletcher Quarry and various gravel pits scattered near the riverbanks.