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1967 Map of West Sumner

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of West Sumner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The West Branch Nezinscot River snakes through a landscape of high hills and scattered farmsteads in the late 1960s. This survey of the Oxford County uplands captures the transition between the early settlements of West Sumner and East Sumner and the rising peaks of the Spruce Hills. The presence of numerous family-named cemeteries, such as Stetson Cem and Whittemore Cem, provides a detailed record of the rural population that once cleared the slopes of Ryemoor Hill and Parsonage Hill.

Resource extraction is evident at Mt Mica, where a substantial Quarry and smaller pits suggest the area's geological importance. The map also traces the winding courses of Moody Brook and Darnit Brook, which feed into the primary river system near Basin Falls. From the heights of The Pinnacle to the cluster of homes at Paris Hill, the sheet preserves the distinct local geography of central Maine before more modern development altered the rural road and field patterns.