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2018 Map of West Torrington

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of West Torrington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The W Br Naugatuck River and the West Branch Naugatuck River carve a significant corridor through this Litchfield County landscape, anchoring the industrial and residential growth of Torrington and its outlying neighborhoods like Drakeville and Newberry Corner. The eastern portion of the map is defined by the tracks of the Naugatuck Railroad, which facilitated the region's historical role as a manufacturing hub. Higher elevations such as Ivy Mtn and Beech Hill rise above a complex network of managed water resources, including the Hatchaloosie Reservoir and Reuben Hart Reservoir.

Genealogists will find several burial grounds preserved here, including the Old Middle Street Cem and Goshen Center Cem near Goshen. These sites, along with the scattered named hills like Pie Hill and Brandy Hill, provide a dense record of early New England land use. The map illustrates how local geography, from the Peat Swamp to the Bantam River, influenced the placement of early settlements and the subsequent development of reservoir systems to support the growing population in the valley.