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1953 Map of Peterborough

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Peterborough
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

MacDowell Colony and the Cathedral of the Pines anchor the cultural landscape of this mid-century New Hampshire interior, where small manufacturing villages and hilltop farms define the topography. The Contoocook River and Souhegan River systems dictated the placement of industrial centers like Peterborough and Wilton Center, while the Boston and Maine Railroad provided critical connectivity to the broader New England market through towns such as Bennington and Greenfield.

Upland terrain is dominated by the North Pack Monadnock and Pack Monadnock Mountain range, bisected by the Temple Mountain Trail. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is dense with specific landmarks including the St Joseph Minor Seminary, Appleton Academy, and numerous neighborhood burial grounds such as South Yard Cem and Miller Cem. From the orchards near Lyndeborough to the remote camps like Boston University Sargent Camp, this survey preserves the spatial organization of the Monadnock Region before modern development.