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1953 Map of Windham

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Windham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Robert Frost Farm serves as a cultural anchor in this corner of Rockingham County, situated just north of the expanding residential and recreational corridors of the 1950s. The landscape is defined by the significant water bodies of Cobbetts Pond and Canobie Lake, which by this era had become established centers for local activity. The transportation network is anchored by the Boston and Maine Railroad and historical thoroughfares like Mammoth Road, connecting small clusters such as Windham Depot and Peppermint Corner.

Insight into the area's genealogical and civic history is found in the distribution of its public spaces, from the Searles Sch to several burial grounds including the Cemetery On the Hill and Holy Cross Cem. Purple photorevised updates from the mid-1980s illustrate the suburban transition, showing how new road interchanges and residential developments began to overlay the older agricultural and rail-dependent footprint of Windham and West Windham.