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1940 Map of Sebec

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Sebec
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Katahdin Iron Works stands as a focal point of industrial history in this interior Maine landscape, situated along the shores of Silver Lake and at the base of Ore Mountain. The local economy of the late 1930s is visible in the transition from the heavy iron industry to the rail hub at Brownville Junction, where the Canadian Pacific and the Bangor And Aroostook RR converge. The map documents a network of small, scattered settlements such as Mooresville, Barnard, and Prairie, alongside essential community structures like the Williamsburg Sch and the Town Farm.

Topographically, the area is defined by the sharp rise of Chairback Mountain and Ebeemee Mountain, with numerous ponds and brooks draining toward the Sebec and Milo town lines. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of the Sebec Cem and family-named landmarks like Gerrish Hill and Stickney Hill provides specific points of reference for tracing early Piscataquis County residents in the timber and rail corridors.