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1941 Map of Williamsburg

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

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Herman A. MacDonald served as commissioner when this survey of the northern Hampshire and southern Franklin county border was published. The industrial and transit landscape centers on the Mill River, which powers sites like Brass Mill Pond near Haydenville. The lower portion of the map is defined by the New York New Haven and Hartford RR terminating at Williamsburg Station, while the Boston and Maine RR skirts the eastern edge of Hatfield.

Highland areas such as Conway State Forest and the depressions of Joe Herrick Gulf and Guinea Gulf provide a contrast to the valley settlements. Local education and community life are documented through the Roland School and Mountain Street School, along with the Boyden Cemetery in Deerfield. Numerous family-named peaks like Fisher Hill, O'Neil Hill, and Petticoat Hill offer specific landmarks for genealogists tracking local landholdings during the early 1940s.