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1950 Map of Shirley

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Shirley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The rolling landscape of north-central Massachusetts is captured here through a dense network of post-war suburban growth and historical rural infrastructure. Central to the map is Shirley, where the Boston and Maine railroad corridor parallels Trout Brook, shaping the industrial and residential core of the town. To the west, the city of Leominster displays significant development around Monoosnoc Brook, including religious and civic landmarks like St Cecelia Cemetery and St Leo Cem.

Hydrography defines much of the terrain, from the sprawling Shirley Reservoir and Massapoag Pond to the meandering Nashua River on the eastern edge. Local education and community life are marked by features such as the Industrial School and the White Sch, while the presence of the Rifle Range and numerous named hills like Benjamin Hill and Robbs Hill suggest a varied land use of training grounds, agriculture, and rising townships.