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1939 Map of Springfield South

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Springfield South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the dominant axis for this urban and industrial landscape during the late 1930s, separating Springfield and Longmeadow from the western riverfront communities of West Springfield and Agawam. The city core is intensely developed around Union Sta and the U S Armory, showing a dense network of residential streets and vital institutions like Springfield College and the Springfield Hospital.

Southward expansion is evident through the residential layouts of East Longmeadow and the established green spaces of Forest Park. Traces of the region's diverse leisure and institutional history are visible in the Longmeadow Country Club, the Franconia Golf Course, and the sprawling Exposition Grounds. The rail infrastructure is well-defined, featuring the Boston and Albany RR and the New York New Haven and Hartford RR as they follow the river valley across the Massachusetts-Connecticut border.