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1944 Map of North Truro

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of North Truro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Cape Cod's outer arm reveals its distinctive late-war topography, where the Atlantic winds have sculpted a landscape of deep hollows and shifting sands. Coastal navigation and life center around the Cape Cod Lighthouse and the settlement of North Truro, which sits perched between the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay. The map documents a delicate balance between maritime exposure and inland shelter, seen in the transition from the exposed Pilgrim Beach to the protected basin of Pilgrim Lake.

Local infrastructure in this era follows the ancient topography, with Old County Road and Kings Highway threading through the glacial terrain. Genealogists and historians will find significant landmarks such as the Old North Cem and the Truro Central Sch, while the names of the landscape—including Higgins Hollow, Smalls Hill, and Corn Hill—reflect the long-standing family ties to this stretch of the Lower Cape.