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1968 Map of Southington

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Southington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

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Southington Mountain divides this central Connecticut landscape, creating a dramatic physical barrier between the industrial valley to the east and the upland residential clusters to the west. In the lowlands, the Quinnipiac River corridor is densely developed, showing the expansion of Southington, Plantsville, and Milldale along the Boston and Maine railroad line. This area is punctuated by civic institutions like the Town Hall PO and the State Reformatory further south in Cheshire.

Genealogists and local historians can trace legacy sites like the Olde Burying Ground and Northwest Burying Ground, which stand in contrast to the mid-century suburban growth marked by the Kennedy High Sch and multiple new reservoirs. The rugged western terrain around Wolcott is defined by water management and recreation, from the expansive Scovill Reservoir to the private leisure spaces of Hitchcock Lake and the Theriaults Ice Pond.