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1941 Map of Whitman

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Whitman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The industrial and agricultural corridors of Plymouth County are captured here just before the mid-century, defined by the extensive operations of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR. This rail network serves as the spine for several clustered settlements, including Whitman, Abington, and East Bridgewater. The landscape is a complex drainage basin where the Shumatuscacant River and Satucket River wind through significant wetlands like the Great Cedar Swamp and Beech Hill Swamp.

Local institutions are well-documented, showing the civic layout of the era with entries for the Brockton Hospital, the Fire Tower near South Hanson, and several neighborhood schools such as Beaver Sch and Shaw Sch. For those tracing family histories, the map identifies numerous burial grounds including St Patrick Cem and St James Cem, alongside smaller hamlets like Elmwood and Stanley that highlight the density of early 20th-century Massachusetts village life.