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1987 Map of Tuftonboro

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

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Ossipee Mountains dominate the northwestern landscape of this region, casting shadows over a network of glacial ponds and small rural hubs in Carroll County. Small settlements such as Center Tuftonboro, Water Village, and Chickville are linked by winding roads that navigate around the prominent heights of Canaan Mtn and Sentinel Mtn. The hydrology of the area is particularly well-defined, featuring the massive Dan Hole Pond and the twin basins of Upper Beech Pond and Lower Beech Pond, which feed into various brooks like Nineteenmile Brook and Whitten Brook.

Evidence of local industry and infrastructure is present through several sand and gravel pits and a landing strip near the border of Wolfeboro. For genealogists, the map identifies numerous small cemeteries and named crossroads such as Federal Corner and Stockbridge Corner, which were central to the community's early development. This late-twentieth-century survey documents the transition between the high ridges of Ossipee and the more developed corridors leading toward the larger lakes to the south.