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1945 Map of Northfield

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Northfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Connecticut River bisects this New England landscape, defining the borders between Franklin Co, Massachusetts, and Windham Co, Vermont. The valley floor is marked by extensive agricultural tracts like Great Meadow and Beers Plain, while the upland terrain is dominated by the Brush Mountain range. Education and rail transport appear as the primary drivers of settlement here, with the Northfield Seminary and Mt Hermon School established as prominent institutional landmarks on opposite banks.

Transit networks are particularly dense along the river corridor, where the Central Vermont RR and Boston and Maine RR serve several local stops, including East Northfield Sta and Gill Sta. Crossings such as the Schell Bridge and Bennett Meadow Bridge link the dispersed communities of West Northfield and East Northfield. The map also captures several family-named burial grounds, including Tyler Cem and Coller Cem, providing essential data for genealogical research in this tri-state border region.