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2012 Map of Westminster West

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Westminster West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Westminster West serves as the primary center of settlement in this Windham County landscape, situated where the terrain begins to rise toward prominent heights. The area is defined by a series of north-south ridges, including Windmill Mountain and Putney Mountain in the west, and Hickory Ridge and Rocky Ridge further east. These elevations channel several waterways through the valleys, most notably Grassy Brook, which flows near Brookline, and Sacketts Brook.

Evidence of the region's rural development is visible in the network of backroads named for local geography and families, such as Hartley Hill Rd and Valley Cemetery Rd. Small upland water bodies like Athens Pond and Watson Pond anchor the drainage systems of Athens Brook and Mill Brook. This 2012 survey documents a part of Vermont where the land use remains heavily influenced by its topography, maintaining a pattern of scattered homesteads and small village clusters connected by winding valley routes.