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1939 Map of Wareham

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

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Wankinco Cranberry Bog and several dozen named wetlands characterize the landscape of southeastern Massachusetts in the mid-1930s. The region is defined by an intensive agricultural pattern of bog cultivation, visible in the dense clusters of Federal Bogs and Harlow Cranberry Bogs near South Carver. This intricate network of man-made and natural hydrology feeds the Wankinco River and Tihonet Brook, supporting a specialized economy centered on the cranberry industry before modern suburban expansion.

Transport and logistics are anchored by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which cuts through South Wareham and Oakdale. Notable infrastructure from this era includes a CCC Camp and a Fire Tower, markers of Depression-era land management and conservation. The map also reveals older land use through family-named landmarks like Lincoln Hill and Tarkiln Hill, and civil infrastructure such as the Wareham Pumping Sta.