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1956 Map of North Berwick

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of North Berwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

North Berwick serves as the primary hub of this inland York County landscape, where the Boston and Maine Railroad and an Old Railroad Grade trace the legacy of 19th-century transportation. The map reveals a highly decentralized pattern of settlement, defined by numerous named intersections and crossroads such as Saywards Corner, Parsonage Corner, and Grays Corner. These small clusters often grew around family farms and local industries, which are represented here by several Quarries and a Borrow Pit.

The Tatnic Hills dominate the central terrain, while the Great Works River and Bauneg Beg Pond provide the primary drainage. Local religious life is anchored by the Bethel Gospel Mission and the South Berwick-Wells Ch, serving rural residents near South Berwick and Wells. The presence of Perkins Town and several family-named hills like Allen Hill and Welch Hill offers significant detail for genealogists tracing the distribution of early Maine families across these wooded ridges and valleys.