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1950 Map of Winfield

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Winfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Parrs Ridge serves as the topographic backbone of this Maryland landscape, dividing the watersheds as it stretches across the border of Frederick and Carroll counties. The map reflects a predominantly rural agricultural character at the midpoint of the twentieth century, anchored by crossroad settlements such as Winfield and Taylorsville. Significant water features like Morgan Run and Gillis Falls drain the undulating hills, with the Morgan Run Environmental Area appearing as a notable preserved space in the northeast.

Local infrastructure is represented by the Woodbine Sch and a network of named junctions including Dorsey Crossroads and Picketts Corner. These locations, along with small hamlets like Dennings and Bloom, illustrate a decentralized community pattern typical of the Piedmont region before modern suburban expansion. The 1970s revisions, indicated in purple, highlight gradual changes in road alignments and building density while the original 1944 field survey data preserves the older rural footprint of family-named landmarks like Covers Corner.