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1953 Map of Plainfield

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Plainfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Winooski River and the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad define the industrial and transit corridor through this mid-century Vermont landscape. From the campus of Goddard College in Plainfield to the Granite Quarries of Woodbury, the map illustrates a region balanced between upland agriculture and natural resource extraction. The northern reach is crossed by the Hazen Road, a critical Revolutionary War-era military route that influenced early settlement patterns in Walden and Hardwick.

Local history is preserved in the numerous named schools and community centers like the Old West Ch and Maple Cors Calais PO. Water power and recreation appear side-by-side, from the Power House at Mollys Falls Reservoir to the numerous small ponds such as Sabin Pond and Nichols Pond. The network of cemetery sites, including Durant Cem and Eaton Cem, provides a genealogical framework for the families that established these hill towns.