1940s Maps of Marion County, Oregon

1. 1940 Map of McMinnville

   

   1940 McMinnville

   1940 Print · USGS

   Willamette Valley life centered on river and rail transit in the 1940s, from the streets of McMinnville to the fertile bottomlands. Local historians can trace early school sites like Grub College and river crossings such as the Wheatland Ferry.

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4. 1940 Map of Tualatin

   

   1940 Tualatin

   1940 Print · USGS

   The Tualatin Valley comes into sharp focus during the late 1930s, showing the early footprints of Beaverton and Tigard amid a vast network of rail lines. Researchers can trace historic family schoolhouses like Witch Hazel School and locate the original path of Boones Ferry Road near Wilsonville.

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7. 1940 Map of Molalla

   

   1940 Molalla

   1940 Print · USGS

   Clackamas and Marion counties are captured here just before the war, showing the fertile prairies and rising timbered foothills of the Willamette Valley. Researchers can trace ancestral property near Lone Elder, visit the Trinity Lutheran Church, or locate vanished logging landmarks like the Old Saw Mill.

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10. 1940 Map of Lebanon

    

    1940 Lebanon

    1940 Print · USGS

    Linn County agriculture and timber transit thrived on the eve of the 1940s, centered on the growing hub of Lebanon. Genealogists and historians can trace dozens of rural school districts and old burial grounds, including Jefferson Cemetery, Rollins Mill, and the Southern Pacific rail stops.

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13. 1940 Map of Salem

    

    1940 Salem

    1940 Print · USGS

    The Willamette Valley thrives in the early days of the war, as Salem expands around its rail hubs and state institutions. Researchers can trace the legacy of the Southern Pacific line and find vanished local landmarks like the Poor Farm School for the Deaf or Oak Grove Church.

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16. 1940 Map of Mount Angel

    

    1940 Mount Angel

    1940 Print · USGS

    Marion County farming and institutional life are captured here just before the war, showing a valley crisscrossed by rail and river. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like St Benedict, the Pioneer Cemetery, and nearly twenty rural schoolhouses.

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19. 1941 Map of Stayton

    

    1941 Stayton

    1941 Print · USGS

    Marion County agriculture and industry are in full swing just before the war as rail lines connect the Waldo Hills to the river. Trace the locations of dozens of vanished rural schoolhouses like Rocky Point School and rail stops at Durbin or Gesner.

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22. 1941 Map of Oregon City

    

    1941 Oregon City

    1941 Print · USGS

    The Lower Willamette Valley thrived on a mix of river power and rail transit in the early 1940s. Genealogists can trace family footprints across dozens of local school districts, from Petes Mountain School to Harmony School, and locate landmarks like Willamette Falls and the Ten O'clock Church.

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25. 1941 Map of Yamhill, 1963 Print

    

    1941 Yamhill

    1963 Print · USGS

    The northern Willamette Valley and Tualatin hills come alive in this wartime-era survey of the Yamhill and Washington county border. Genealogists and historians can trace defunct school districts like White Cloud Sch, the sprawling Stimson Lumber Camp, and the tracks of the Southern Pacific.

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28. 1942 Map of Yamhill

    

    1942 Yamhill

    1942 Print · USGS

    The timber and rail corridors of the Tualatin Valley come alive in this wartime portrait of Yamhill and Washington Counties. Genealogists and researchers can trace rural school districts like Firdale Sch and Pioneer Sch or locate the Stimson Lumber Camp and Laurelwood Academy.

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31. 1944 Map of Albany

    

    1944 Albany

    1944 Print · USGS

    The Willamette Valley during the Second World War era shows a landscape of river-fed agriculture and growing rail hubs. Genealogists can locate family landmarks like Oakville Ch, Dover Cem, and dozens of district schools such as Fir Grove Sch.

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34. 1944 Map of Lebanon

    

    1944 Lebanon

    1944 Print · USGS

    Mid-valley Oregon life comes into focus in the 1940s, as rail lines and river forks connect the growing mills and rural schoolhouses of Linn County. Researchers can trace the early layouts of Lebanon and Scio, or locate ancestral sites at Jefferson Cem and Gore Sch.

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37. 1948 Map of Vancouver, 1957 Print

    

    1948 Vancouver

    1957 Print · USGS

    Post-war growth transforms the river valleys of the Pacific Northwest as the timber and rail economy thrives. Trace family roots in Tillamook or Oregon City, and locate vanished landmarks like the spit at Bayocean or the Skamania Mine.

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