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1933 Map of Pittsfield

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Pittsfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

St Albans and Hartland anchor a landscape defined by the branching waters of the Sebasticook River and its massive neighboring basins, Indian Pond and Sebasticook Lake. In the early 1930s, this region of Somerset County supported a dense network of rural infrastructure, visible in the numerous family-named schoolhouses such as Magoon Sch and Jones Sch. The Maine Central railroad tracks cut through the terrain, connecting established hubs like Newport and Corinna to the industrial and agricultural output of the valley.

Distinctive landmarks like St Albans Mtn and The Pinnacles overlook a series of small, scattered corners and crossroads settlements, including Nutter Corner and Goodwin Corner. Local social and historical life is reflected in sites like the Wild Goose Club on the shores of Moose Pond and the Wing Cemetery, providing genealogists and local historians with a precise record of Somerset and Penobscot County life before the modernization of the mid-20th century.