Historic Maps (Special Collections & University Archives)
Historic maps in SCUA
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the city of Newton, Middlesex County and towns of Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norwood, Sharon, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, Norfolk County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1904.
Note(s):
Pages lettered and numbered as “folios.”
One of 68 town boundary atlases produced by the Topographical Survey Commission (1898-1900) and the Harbor and Land Commission (1901-1915) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes a summary of the history of the establishment of the city and towns by legislative enactment; a list of statutes establishing or altering the boundaries; extracts from the statutes; descriptions and positions of triangulation stations; maps of the boundaries; and plans of the city and town corners.
Map scales (from bar graphs) ca. 1:50,000 (folio 1), 1:60,000 (folio 2)

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