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1957 Map of Waterville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Waterville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Kennebec River corridor defines the industrial and educational character of this central Maine region during the late 1950s. At the heart of the map, Waterville and Winslow appear as a dense urban core anchored by the Maine Central Railroad and the riverside campus of Colby College on Mayflower Hill. The surrounding landscape is a network of smaller mill towns and agricultural settlements like Shawmut, Benton Falls, and Clinton, where the Sebasticook River joins the Kennebec.

Local history details are abundant, showing the era's social infrastructure from the Central Maine Sanatorium and Good Will Homes to cultural landmarks like the Drummond Drive-in Theater. Genealogists will find numerous family burial grounds, including Pooler Cem, Saul Cem, and Evergreen Cem. The map also documents the transition of transportation, noting the Waterville Airport (La Fleur Field) alongside traditional crossings like Pishon Ferry.