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Prospect, Connecticut Map Art
A new map of Prospect, Connecticut, made in 2026 and printed to order on thick archival matte paper.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Prospect, Connecticut from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Prospect building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Prospect, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and FEMA. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Prospect artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, weβve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly whatβs on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Prospect. So whether itβs for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Prospect brings back fond memories.
Explore the full map of Prospect, Connecticut and read about the local places it shows.
Find your street
Names on the Prospect map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks18
- Canfield Park
- Highland Greens Golf Course
- Hotchkiss Field
- Kathan Woods
- Long River Middle School
- Luke Street Wetland
- McGrath Park
- Old Kalinauskas Farm
- Prospect Community Center
- Prospect Elementary School
- Prospect Fire Department
- Prospect Green Historic District
Show all 18 places
- Prospect Post Office
- Prospect Public Library
- Prospect Town Hall
- Prospect Youth Services
- Raudis Farm
- Union City
Streets and roads12
- Waterbury Rd
- City Rd
- Salem Rd
- Cheshire Rd
- Merriman Ln
- Matthews St
- Prospect Rd
- Trotters Way
- Prospect Ct
- Mountain Rd
- Haven Rd
- Brook Rd
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Prospect, Connecticut
Prospect is a town of 9,401 people in New Haven County, on a hilltop south of Waterbury. European settlers first built homes here in 1712, in the West Rocks along the old Waterbury and Cheshire line. Sunday worship meant a long ride to one of those towns, and when both refused the settlers a church of their own in 1775, they put up a separatist meeting-house anyway in 1778. Its official name, the Society of Columbia, gave the district the name Columbia Parish.
The parish was made a town in 1827, joining the South Farms section of Waterbury with the West Rocks section of Cheshire. Tolland County already had a Columbia, so the old name was ruled out. David Miles Hotchkiss, who sat on the committee, won the name Prospect, chosen because the green looked out so far. Before the trees grew back, people up there could see Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River on a clear day.
“It being nine hundred feet above the level of the sea, and the highest point for miles around, it well merits the name.”
- A bishop at the cider millOn September 23, 1796, Bishop Francis Asbury, leader of American Methodism, preached in the Separate meeting-house at Columbia. Amos Hotchkiss, the Methodist who had given most toward building it, lodged the bishop that night along with as many as a hundred guests, filling his house, barn and cider mill. Asbury brought his own tea and asked only for a spare teapot and the upper crust of the rye bread.
- The first parlor matchesProspect's farmers ran small shops on the side, mostly at the edges of town where streams fell steeply enough for water power. Ives & Judd made the country's first parlor matches here. Eben Clark Tuttle came up with the goose-neck hoe, turning out twenty-five a day at first, and in 1846 he moved the business to Union City. Eli Ives and Bennet Jeralds made britannia spoons from 1849 to 1854. By the twentieth century the shops had closed.
- A house kept 160 yearsEnos Root built a Federal house on Waterbury Road in 1820, a gift from Frederick Hotchkiss to his son David, who had married in November 1819. It went up that spring from timbers cut over the winter. The family recorded its building and repairs for 160 years, then sold it to the town in 1978. The David Hotchkiss House joined the National Register in 1981 and is now the Prospect Historical Society's museum.
- Shelter after the 1955 floodWhen the Black Friday Flood of 1955 swamped Naugatuck and Waterbury, Prospect became the main evacuation center. Families who had lost their homes got medical care and a place to stay at the Community School, and the flood helped bring more new residents to town.
- The Best Small TownIn the early 1990s Connecticut Magazine ranked Prospect the worst small town in the state, judging its schools, economy, cost of living, crime and culture. Mayor Robert Chatfield, first elected in 1977, answered by taking the magazine off the library shelves and proclaiming Prospect "The Best Small Town in Connecticut." The motto went onto town trucks and bumper stickers.
Keep exploring Connecticut
Prospect is one of 375 Connecticut towns we've mapped. Every dot on the map is a print of its own.
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Near Prospect
Order 2 or more town maps and save 10%. Shown in the size and finish you picked above, so they hang as a set.
- Cheshire 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Naugatuck 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Cheshire Village 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
More maps nearby: Waterbury, Bethany, Beacon Falls, Hillside and Wolcott.
The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
Select your size and finish above to see the matching product image and price.
Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
Free shipping within the United States. Every print is made to order in the USA.
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Returns and damaged prints
Each print is made to order. Change-of-mind refunds are not available after production.
If your print arrives damaged, misprinted or incorrect, contact support@knowol.com within 30 days of receiving it. Include your order number, photos and a description of the issue.
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