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1906 Map of Princeton

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Princeton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1916
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1916

About this map

Millstone River and its accompanying canal define the central corridor of this central New Jersey landscape, cutting between the slopes of Sour Land Mountain and the lowlands of Pigeon Swamp. The academic and residential center of Princeton is shown in detail, surrounded by a complex network of competing transit lines including the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and the Trenton and New Brunswick Electric Railroad.

Industry and agriculture intersect along the many watercourses like Stony Brook, where mills and small settlements such as Blackwells Mills and Griggstown thrived before the modern suburban expansion. Small hamlets like Mount Rose, Skillman, and Blawenburg are documented alongside natural landmarks like Sand Hills, providing a clear view of the regional topography and the intricate drainage patterns of Lawrence Brook and Assunpink Creek during the early twentieth century.