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1970 Map of Templeton

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Templeton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Baldwinville serves as a primary hub in this central Massachusetts landscape, where the Otter River and the Boston and Maine railroad corridor define the local geography. The map reveals a post-war landscape of established town centers like East Templeton and Templeton alongside industrial and municipal infrastructure, including the Gardner Municipal Airport and a Drive-in Theater near Kendall Pond.

Extensive wooded areas are managed as the Otter River State Forest and Templeton State Forest, while local heritage is preserved in numerous burial grounds such as Pine Grove Cem and St Johns Cem. The settlement at Goulding Village and the presence of the Narragansett Regional High Sch reflect the community's mid-century development. Terrain features like Norcross Hill and Crow Hill punctuate the landscape, which is further shaped by numerous water bodies including Queen Lake and Depot Pond.