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1904 Map of New Milford

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of New Milford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Housatonic River and Shepaug River carve through the Litchfield Hills, anchoring a landscape of tight-knit valley settlements and upland farms. The industrial legacy of the region is evident at Kent Furnace and the numerous small villages that emerged along water-powered sites. Transport networks are dominated by the Berkshire Division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, which connected rural hubs like Washington Depot and Roxbury Station to broader markets.

Upland areas are dotted with named summits such as Mt Bushnell and The Pinnacle, overlooking the prominent Lake Waramaug. For genealogists, the map preserves specific postal and rail locations that have since evolved, including West Morris P.O. Morris Station and Roxbury Falls Orton P.O.. The concentration of local names like Peet Hill and Painters Ridge provides a look at the early 20th-century distribution of family-named landmarks across this portion of western Connecticut.