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1987 Map of Stamford

Name: 1987 Topographic Map of Stamford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The coastal corridor of Fairfield County is depicted here in a period of intense post-war suburban and industrial maturity. Stamford serves as the central hub, shown with its dense network of infrastructure including the Connecticut Turnpike, Amtrak and Conrail lines, and maritime facilities surrounding Stamford Harbor. The landscape transitions from the developed South End and Glenbrook to the more wooded, residential areas around Hunting Ridge and Stanwich in the north.

Local history is preserved in the numerous civic landmarks, such as the St Johns Cemetery, Woodland Cemetery, and St Josephs Hospital. The map detail follows the Mianus River as it flows south toward Cos Cob Harbor, past institutions like the Greenwich Country Club and Rippowam High Sch. These layers of development reflect the mid-century evolution of the Connecticut shoreline from a series of independent villages into a contiguous urbanized region.