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1953 Map of South Coventry

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of South Coventry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The University of Connecticut at Storrs stands as a focal point of this mid-century portrait of Tolland County, showing the institution's layout alongside the neighboring State Hospital. This era captures the landscape before major modern expansion, where the Central Vermont railroad still tracks the course of the Willimantic River through industrial and transit hamlets like Mansfield Depot, Eagleville, and South Willington.

Southwest of the river, the village of South Coventry overlooks Wangumbaug Lake, a site deeply tied to Revolutionary War history through the Nathan Hale Birthplace and Nathan Hale Cem. The map reveals a community structured by early infrastructure, from the Sharps Mill and Brick Sch to the expansive Nathan Hale State Forest. These details offer a clear view of how educational growth, light industry, and preserved timberland coexisted in the Connecticut interior during the early 1950s.