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1959 Map of North Hartland

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of North Hartland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the central artery and state boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire in this late 1950s survey. The landscape is defined by the engineering of the North Hartland Dam and the resulting North Hartland Reservoir at the confluence of the Ottauquechee River. This infrastructure fundamentally altered the terrain near Russtown and the settlement of North Hartland, where the Central Vermont RR tracks parallel the waterway.

To the east in New Hampshire, the village of Meriden is a focal point, anchored by the Kimball Union Academy and its surrounding athletic fields. The map captures an era of rural industry and transition, showing numerous small family and community burial grounds like Raynes Ford Cem and Moulton-Yard Cem. Historical transport routes are well-preserved here, from the Boston and Maine RR line to the surviving Covered Bridge near the Plainfield town center.