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1954 Map of Rocky Hill

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Rocky Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Sourland Mountain dominates the western landscape of this mid-century New Jersey quadrangle, rising above a network of farming communities and evolving institutional sites. The central valley is defined by the massive infrastructure of the U S Military Reservation (Belle Mead General Depot) and the extensive grounds of the New Jersey Neuropsychiatric Institute. These sprawling facilities, along with the Belle Mead Sanitarium, illustrate the mid-century trend of large-scale public and military land use in the Somerset County countryside.

Transportation remains anchored to the Reading Railroad, which serves established settlements like Skillman, Belle Mead, and Blawenburg. To the southeast, the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Millstone River form a distinct industrial and natural corridor near Rocky Hill. For local historians, the map preserves the locations of rural landmarks such as the Harlingen Reform Cem and Princeton NE School before the post-war suburban expansion significantly altered the township's character.