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1956 Map of Tariffville

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Tariffville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Tariffville and Simsbury occupy the southern valley floor where the Farmington River carves through the trap rock ridge at The Notch. This 1956 survey, updated with 1970 aerial data, captures the post-war transition of northern Hartford County as the Penn Central rail corridor and older rural hamlets like Floydville and Hoskins begin to interface with modern developments like the Simsbury Landing Field. The landscape is defined by the sharp verticality of Broad Hill and The Sugarloaf, which hem in the drainage basins of Salmon Brook and Bissell Brook.

Evidence of the region's agricultural and social foundations is found in the scattered landmarks such as Baptist Cemetery and the Swedish Pilgrim Church. The map also delineates the extensive preserved acreage of the Mc Lean Game Refuge, providing a clear view of land use before the accelerating suburbanization of the late 20th century. Notable local features include the industrial Sewage Disposal site near Terrys Plain and the recreational waters of Manitook Lake.