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1944 Map of South Groveland

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of South Groveland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Lake Cochichewick dominates the central landscape of this 1940s Essex County survey, surrounded by the evolving residential and educational fabric of North Andover and North Andover Center. The map reveals a post-depression era of transition where long-established institutional footprints like the Brooks School and the Lawrence Municipal Airport sit alongside the traditional glacial topography of the region.

A network of named drumlins, including Town Farm Hill, Holt Hill, and Barker Hill, defines the local relief and historically influenced the winding paths of roads like the Old Turnpike Road. Along the northern edge, the industrial and transport corridor of the Merrimack River and the Boston and Maine Railroad near Ward Hill contrasts with the quiet pond-dotted interior of West Boxford and South Groveland.