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1938 Map of Springfield North

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Springfield North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

The industrial and municipal character of late 1930s Massachusetts is on display as the Connecticut River and Chicopee River converge. This survey shows the dense urban footprint of Holyoke and Chicopee, detailing the transportation corridors of the Boston and Maine RR and Boston and Albany RR that powered the region's economy. Beyond the riverfront mills, the map reveals the era's social infrastructure, including the Chicopee Tuberculosis Hospital and the Chicopee Infirmary, alongside several burial grounds like St Stanislaus Cem and Calvary Cem.

Transitioning from the urban centers to the northern outskirts, the landscape opens into the wooded and water-rich areas of South Hadley Falls and Granby. Numerous small bodies of water, such as Snows Pond and Fivemile Pond, dot the terrain. Military and recreational sites are also clearly marked, including the National Guard Rifle Range near Bircham Bend Ponds and the Memorial Golf Course in Springfield.