Higganum, CT 1881 Map

This vintage map of Higganum, Connecticut was created in 1881 and titled View of Higganum. This restored edition brings the historic Higganum map to life while preserving the original linework and the village streets, winding roads, rail line, river landing, farms, wooded hillsides, and the framed factory vignettes running along the bottom border.

About This Historic Map

Drawn from an elevated bird's-eye perspective, this map presents Higganum in the 1880s, when the community was shaped by its river commerce, manufacturing, rail transport, and farming. The view sweeps across the rolling green hills of the Connecticut River valley, with the town nestled below, steamboats and a sailing vessel on the water, and rows of homes and mills tracing the roads and streams.

The scene shows the tightly clustered village of Higganum along the Connecticut River, its steamboat landing and river traffic, the surrounding hills and farmland, and the bordered factory and mill vignettes that highlight the industries powering the town, along with many of the historic roads and homesteads that shaped daily life around Higganum in the era.

For anyone who grew up in Higganum, has family roots along the Connecticut River, or simply loves this corner of Connecticut, this map is more than a historic view. It captures the steamboats at the landing, the mills at work, and the hillside farms above the village, and the memories that keep families connected to Higganum.

A statement piece for any room, this reproduction is printed using KNOWOL's restored version of the 1881 Higganum map, preserving the historic character of the original while adding depth, warmth, and visual clarity. It makes a meaningful addition to a home, office, library, den, family room, or local history collection.