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1945 Map of Wrentham

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Wrentham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The town of Wrentham sits at the heart of this mid-century survey, surrounded by a complex network of glacial ponds and wetlands that define the local drainage. To the north, the State Prison Colony and Pondville Hospital appear as significant institutional footprints, while the New York New Haven and Hartford RR provides the primary industrial artery connecting Foxboro and Norfolk. Large water bodies like Lake Pearl and Lake Archer highlight the area's transition into a residential and recreational landscape, evidenced by the Franklin Country Club and numerous summer-named features.

Local history is preserved in small named settlements such as Wampum Corner and City Mills, alongside several small family and religious burial grounds including Quaker Cem and Bacon Cem. The landscape transitions into the Lowlands of the Neponset River basin to the east and the headwaters of the Tenmile River to the south, showcasing the area's diverse topography before the arrival of the modern interstate system.