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1892 Map of Worcester

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Worcester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

The city of Worcester serves as the industrial and transit hub of this Central Massachusetts landscape, anchored by the State Lunatic Hospital and the residential neighborhoods of Newton Hill and Oak Hill. To the north, the terrain rises sharply toward the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, dominated by the peaks of Wachusett Mt. and Little Wachusett. This late 19th-century survey documents a region defined by its hydrologic and rail infrastructure, including the Wachusett Reservoir and the Quinepoxet River basin.

Transportation networks are extensively detailed, featuring the Massachusetts Central Railroad and several divisions of the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad. These lines connect a series of manufacturing and residential villages such as Wire Village, Jeffersonville, and Oakdale. Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the exact placement of old village centers like Princeton Center and Sterling Center, alongside cultural landmarks like the Sterling Camp Grounds and numerous family-named peaks such as Barrett Hill and Crocker Hill.