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1944 Map of Newburyport West

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

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Amesbury and Newburyport serve as the primary anchors for this 1944 survey, centered on the winding course of the Merrimack River. The landscape reveals a dense network of river-oriented settlements, including Merrimacport and Salisbury Point, where the built environment reflects centuries of maritime and industrial development. The terrain is marked by numerous glacial drumlins such as Powow Hill and Crane Neck Hill, which rise above the wetlands and smaller water bodies like Lake Attitash and Lake Gardner.

Regional transportation is dominated by the Boston and Maine RR and historic thoroughfares like Bridge Street. For local historians, the map identifies essential community infrastructure of the era, from the Anna Jaques Hospital to various burial grounds like Lower Corner Cem and St Marys Cem. The boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire cuts across the northern edge, highlighting the trans-border connectivity of towns like Southampton and Amesbury during the mid-1940s.