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1952 Map of Newburyport West

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Newburyport West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Merrimack River serves as the central artery of this mid-century landscape, separating the industrial development of Amesbury and Salisbury Point from the more rural uplands of West Newbury. This 1952 revision captures the region before extensive modern suburbanization, where the Boston and Maine Railroad still defined the transit corridor and local infrastructure centered around water sources like Lake Gardner and Lower Artichoke Reservoir.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial grounds including Sawyers Hill Burying Ground and Locust Grove Cem, which anchor the early settlements of Merrimacport and Byfield. The map preserves the institutional footprint of the era, from the grounds of the Governor Dummer Academy in the south to the Anna Jaques Hospital near the riverbank. This topography illustrates a transition where older family-named hills, such as Whittier Hill and Crane Neck Hill, meet the expanding post-war infrastructure of the N. H. Turnpike.