The USGS maps of 1956 are identical with current USGS maps. However, a slight adjustment needs to be made to the Moultonborough/Meredith town line. On USGS maps, the Moultonborough town line runs in a straight line from a stone monument in Center Harbor to the southwest tip of Long Island.
When Bizer was doing research for it's chart of Winnipesaukee, we stopped in town assessors' offices. They are a great source of information. According to the assessors' offices, Five-Mile Island is entirely within Meredith; Hull, Little-Six-Mile, and Ozone Islands are entirely within Moultonborough.
The Meredith assessor even showed Bizer a copy of a 1909(?) law in which the state legislature assigned those islands to the towns.
Incidentally, a similar adjustment needs to be made in Winnisquam Lake. Three Islands (that's their name) are in Meredith and not Laconia as depicted on USGS maps.
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