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1893 Map of Newfield

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Newfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

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Salmon Falls River and the New Hampshire Maine Boundary Line define the western edge of this 1889 survey, where the rolling hills of York County meet the granite state. The landscape is dotted with water-powered industrial sites like Ossipee Mills and Milton Mills, reflecting a late-19th-century economy deeply tied to the Little Ossipee River and the numerous glacial lakes that characterize the region.

Settlement patterns in Parsonsfield and Newfield reveal a network of small villages, including South Parsonsfield, Maplewood, and North Shapleigh, connected by winding roads that navigated around prominent summits like Hosac Mountain and Randall Mountain. Large bodies of water such as Great East Pond and Balch Pond serve as significant landmarks for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of these border townships before modern infrastructure transformed the area.