1904 Map of Waterbury

About this map

The industrial and residential growth of Waterbury at the turn of the century is etched into the landscape along the Naugatuck River valley. This 1904 survey, reprinted after the war, documents the dense urban grid of the city alongside the expanding corridors of the Ny Nh & H RR. To the north and west, the terrain transitions into the upland hills of Litchfield and Morris, where the landscape is defined by substantial water bodies like Bantam Lake and Long Meadow Pond. The map captures a moment when smaller industrial centers like Thomaston and Watertown were firmly established, yet still separated by a patchwork of rural hills including Jefferson Hill and Breakneck Hill. Genealogists will find many family-named landmarks and smaller hamlets, such as Reynolds Bridge, Minortown, and Hotchkissville, which served as local hubs for the surrounding farming and manufacturing communities before mid-century suburbanization.