1943 Map of Naugatuck

About this map

The Naugatuck River valley serves as the industrial and transportation corridor of this 1943 survey, a landscape defined by the winding river and the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The map details the transition from the densely settled borough of Naugatuck and the town of Seymour to the steep, wooded hillsides of the Naugatuck State Forest. High points like Tobys Rock Mountain and Rock Rimmon look down over narrow river bends, while smaller hamlets like Straitsville and Beacon Falls dot the interior terrain. Local water management is visible through numerous catchments such as the Candee Reservoir, Peat Swamp Reservoir, and Seymour Reservoirs. This mid-century view captures the area just as wartime industrial activity was shaping its rail-side settlements, documenting every Brook and Hill from Middlebury down to the border of Bethany.