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1893 Map of Yarmouth

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Yarmouth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Old Colony Railroad and its Cape Cod Branch define the transportation corridor of the late nineteenth century, linking maritime villages across the mid-Cape. This landscape is a complex network of coastal ponds and small settlements, where the interior transitions from the elevations of Scargo Hill and German's Hill toward the tidal flats of Nantucket Sound.

The settlement pattern reveals distinct village centers like Harwich Port, South Dennis, and West Yarmouth before the intensive modern development of the twentieth century. Numerous water bodies, including Scargo Lake, Long Pond, and Swan Pond, are shown in their natural configurations, while the Herring River and Muddy Creek provide historical drainage points for the inland basins. To the southeast, the shifting sands of Monomoy Island and Powder Hole highlight the dynamic nature of the Atlantic shoreline during this era of coastal commerce.