{"product_id":"old-map-of-exeter-new-hampshire-by-usgs-1950-stratham-great-bay-lamprey-river","title":"Old Map of Exeter, New Hampshire by USGS, 1950 – Stratham, Great Bay \u0026 Lamprey River","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1952 from 1950 mapping, the US Geological Survey’s “Exeter” captures a richly detailed mid-century portrait of southeastern New Hampshire at 1:24,000 scale. Centered on the historic town of Exeter, the sheet records a landscape poised between older rural patterns and the suburban transformations that would accelerate in the decades after World War II. Roads, railways, waterways, wooded tracts, and settlement clusters are arranged with the disciplined clarity for which USGS quadrangles are admired. The map’s vibrant yellow land-use tinting gives immediate visual structure to the terrain, while the fine contour work reveals the gentle rises, depressions, and drainage patterns that shape this part of Rockingham County.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExeter itself carries exceptional historical resonance. Founded in the seventeenth century, it was one of New Hampshire’s earliest English settlements and served briefly as the state capital during the American Revolution. The town is also known for Phillips Exeter Academy, an institution whose presence helped shape its architectural and cultural identity. On this map, Exeter appears not merely as a named place but as an organizing center: roads converge, rail lines pass through, and the Exeter River threads the settlement into the wider geography. The sheet preserves the town before many later expansions, offering a revealing view of its street network, surrounding open land, and relationship to neighboring communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surrounding towns—Kensington, Stratham, Brentwood, East Kingston, and Newfields—extend the map’s historical interest beyond Exeter’s core. In 1950, these places retained a distinctly rural character, with farms, woodland, small villages, and modest transportation corridors defining much of the region. The quadrangle shows the texture of this earlier landscape with quiet precision: dispersed settlement, intersecting country roads, and patches of forest that speak to older patterns of land use. For collectors interested in New England’s changing geography, the map is especially evocative, documenting communities before the postwar growth of commuting, subdivision, and suburban expansion altered the character of southeastern New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHydrology is one of the sheet’s most compelling features. The Exeter River, Lamprey River, and Little River help structure the terrain, while Great Bay anchors the broader coastal environment to the east. These waterways were historically central to settlement, milling, transportation, and local ecology, and the map makes their influence legible through sinuous blue courses and the contours that accompany them. Ponds and wet lowlands interrupt the upland surface, adding further complexity to the topography. The careful depiction of drainage is typical of USGS mapping, in which natural systems and human infrastructure are shown as interdependent parts of a single landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey’s cartographic method gives “Exeter” both scientific authority and visual elegance. Contour lines describe the region’s modest but varied relief, turning hills, hollows, and river valleys into a readable topographic language. The clean symbol system distinguishes roads, railways, water, built-up areas, and wooded ground without sacrificing clarity. Created by an agency renowned for rigorous geospatial survey and national mapping standards, this quadrangle belongs to a tradition that supported engineering, planning, environmental study, and everyday navigation. Today, it stands as a beautifully ordered record of a New Hampshire landscape in transition, where old settlements, rural hinterlands, and emerging modern networks meet on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExeter, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKensington, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStratham, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrentwood, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast Kingston, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewfields, New Hampshire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLamprey River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExeter River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeveral unnamed ponds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious unnamed roadways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnnamed railways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBordered areas of unnamed forests and parks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey, this historical 1:24,000 topographical map shows Exeter, New Hampshire and the surrounding area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map was created in 1950 and published with a 1952 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExeter is shown as a prominent populated place with historical significance as an important early settlement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map notes Exeter’s association with notable structures and institutions such as Exeter Academy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map uses a vibrant yellow color scheme to represent various land types.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClear contour lines are used to show elevation, including hills and depressions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRivers, ponds, and other bodies of water are included as part of the area’s topographic character.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map captures the Exeter area before later urban development and suburban expansion transformed the surrounding landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/de\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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