Map of Keene, New Hampshire by USGS, 1998: Ashuelot River & Cheshire County
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Titled simply “Keene,” this U.S. Geological Survey topographical map was compiled from 1998 mapping and issued with a 2002 imprint, preserving a...
Continue readingTitled simply “Keene,” this U.S. Geological Survey topographical map was compiled from 1998 mapping and issued with a 2002 imprint, preserving a precise late-twentieth-century portrait of one of southwestern New Hampshire’s principal cities. At the classic 1:24,000 scale, it presents Keene not as an isolated urban center but as part of a wider landscape of river corridors, hills, reservoirs, roads, railways, neighborhoods, and open spaces. The map captures the city at a moment when its historic New England street pattern, civic core, and expanding suburban edges coexisted with surrounding rural terrain. For collectors, it offers the appealing clarity of modern scientific cartography while documenting a landscape already beginning to shift with new patterns of development.
The U.S. Geological Survey, long regarded as the authoritative American maker of topographic maps, brought to this sheet the agency’s disciplined visual language: crisp contour lines, carefully classified roads, hydrographic features, boundaries, railways, and place names arranged with functional elegance. USGS quadrangles were created not merely for travelers, but for engineers, planners, scientists, land managers, hikers, and anyone needing a rigorously measured understanding of terrain. In “Keene,” that tradition is immediately visible. Elevation is not suggested pictorially but measured through contours, allowing the eye to read the rise and fall of hills, the form of valleys, and the relationship between settlement and landform with unusual precision.
At the heart of the map lies Keene itself, a city whose development has long been shaped by its position in the Ashuelot River valley. The Ashuelot River and associated waterways thread through the mapped area, giving structure to both natural drainage and human settlement. Around the urban grid appear neighborhoods, roads, and rail lines that speak to Keene’s role as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transport. The map’s depiction of major highways, local streets, and railway corridors reveals how movement across this corner of New Hampshire was organized at the close of the twentieth century, connecting the city to surrounding towns, rural districts, and the broader Monadnock region.
The surrounding landscape is rendered with the quiet drama characteristic of USGS topography. Closely spaced contours disclose steeper slopes, while wider intervals mark gentler ground, producing an analytical yet beautiful portrait of hills, valleys, and upland terrain. Small lakes, reservoirs, streams, and wetlands punctuate the sheet, offering insight into the hydrological fabric that supports the area’s woods, neighborhoods, and open lands. Designated parks and recreational spaces appear alongside more intensively developed zones, showing how civic life, leisure, and conservation interlock around Keene. Town boundaries further organize the composition, reminding the viewer that this is both a physical landscape and a jurisdictional one, divided by lines of administration as well as ridges and rivers.
As a historical document, “Keene” is especially compelling because of its recency: it records a recognizable yet already historical version of the city and its environs as they stood in 1998. Later changes in land use, road construction, conservation, residential growth, or commercial development can be measured against the careful baseline preserved here. Unlike more decorative antique maps, this sheet derives its distinction from accuracy, restraint, and density of information. It invites close reading: a collector can trace a river bend, follow a rail line, study the outskirts of the city, or compare neighborhood form with the contours beneath it. In doing so, the map transforms everyday geography into a finely observed record of place.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Keene, NH
- Ashuelot River
- Various lakes, including unnamed small bodies of water
- Reservoirs indicated on the map
- Town boundaries in urban and rural areas
- Roads and railways, including major highways
- Parks and recreational areas
- Nearby hills and elevations
- Various neighborhoods within Keene
- Mountains and valleys shown by contour lines
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 1:24,000 topographical map.
- Dated 1998 and published with a 2002 imprint.
- Focuses on Keene, New Hampshire, and the surrounding area.
- Shows the urban layout of Keene alongside surrounding landscapes.
- Features distinct contour lines to illustrate elevation changes and terrain variation.
- Rendered in the printed style typical of USGS topographic maps.
- Provides a detailed representation of landforms, including hills and valleys.
- Reflects the development of Keene and its surrounding area as of 1998.
- Offers a useful historical record for comparing later changes in land use, urban development, and landscape alteration.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Titled simply “Keene,” this U.S. Geological Survey topographical map was compiled from 1998 mapping and issued with a 2002 imprint, preserving a precise late-twentieth-century portrait of one of southwestern New Hampshire’s principal cities. At the classic 1:24,000 scale, it presents Keene not as an isolated urban center but as part of a wider landscape of river corridors, hills, reservoirs, roads, railways, neighborhoods, and open spaces. The map captures the city at a moment when its historic New England street pattern, civic core, and expanding suburban edges coexisted with surrounding rural terrain. For collectors, it offers the appealing clarity of modern scientific cartography while documenting a landscape already beginning to shift with new patterns of development.
The U.S. Geological Survey, long regarded as the authoritative American maker of topographic maps, brought to this sheet the agency’s disciplined visual language: crisp contour lines, carefully classified roads, hydrographic features, boundaries, railways, and place names arranged with functional elegance. USGS quadrangles were created not merely for travelers, but for engineers, planners, scientists, land managers, hikers, and anyone needing a rigorously measured understanding of terrain. In “Keene,” that tradition is immediately visible. Elevation is not suggested pictorially but measured through contours, allowing the eye to read the rise and fall of hills, the form of valleys, and the relationship between settlement and landform with unusual precision.
At the heart of the map lies Keene itself, a city whose development has long been shaped by its position in the Ashuelot River valley. The Ashuelot River and associated waterways thread through the mapped area, giving structure to both natural drainage and human settlement. Around the urban grid appear neighborhoods, roads, and rail lines that speak to Keene’s role as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transport. The map’s depiction of major highways, local streets, and railway corridors reveals how movement across this corner of New Hampshire was organized at the close of the twentieth century, connecting the city to surrounding towns, rural districts, and the broader Monadnock region.
The surrounding landscape is rendered with the quiet drama characteristic of USGS topography. Closely spaced contours disclose steeper slopes, while wider intervals mark gentler ground, producing an analytical yet beautiful portrait of hills, valleys, and upland terrain. Small lakes, reservoirs, streams, and wetlands punctuate the sheet, offering insight into the hydrological fabric that supports the area’s woods, neighborhoods, and open lands. Designated parks and recreational spaces appear alongside more intensively developed zones, showing how civic life, leisure, and conservation interlock around Keene. Town boundaries further organize the composition, reminding the viewer that this is both a physical landscape and a jurisdictional one, divided by lines of administration as well as ridges and rivers.
As a historical document, “Keene” is especially compelling because of its recency: it records a recognizable yet already historical version of the city and its environs as they stood in 1998. Later changes in land use, road construction, conservation, residential growth, or commercial development can be measured against the careful baseline preserved here. Unlike more decorative antique maps, this sheet derives its distinction from accuracy, restraint, and density of information. It invites close reading: a collector can trace a river bend, follow a rail line, study the outskirts of the city, or compare neighborhood form with the contours beneath it. In doing so, the map transforms everyday geography into a finely observed record of place.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Keene, NH
- Ashuelot River
- Various lakes, including unnamed small bodies of water
- Reservoirs indicated on the map
- Town boundaries in urban and rural areas
- Roads and railways, including major highways
- Parks and recreational areas
- Nearby hills and elevations
- Various neighborhoods within Keene
- Mountains and valleys shown by contour lines
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 1:24,000 topographical map.
- Dated 1998 and published with a 2002 imprint.
- Focuses on Keene, New Hampshire, and the surrounding area.
- Shows the urban layout of Keene alongside surrounding landscapes.
- Features distinct contour lines to illustrate elevation changes and terrain variation.
- Rendered in the printed style typical of USGS topographic maps.
- Provides a detailed representation of landforms, including hills and valleys.
- Reflects the development of Keene and its surrounding area as of 1998.
- Offers a useful historical record for comparing later changes in land use, urban development, and landscape alteration.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
See our returns and refund policy for full details.
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