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1959 Map of Addison

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Addison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Addison Airport and the surrounding suburban sprawl of northern Dallas characterize this landscape during a period of rapid northward expansion. The purple tinting across the sheet illustrates the dramatic extension of urban development between the original 1959 survey and the 1981 edits, particularly around Richardson and Carrollton. Despite the encroachment of residential blocks, older land patterns remain visible through several historic burial grounds, including Old Frankford Cem and White Rock Cem.

Logistical corridors like the St Louis Southwestern railroad and major thoroughfares such as Belt Line Road and Forest Lane define the movement of people through the area. Educational and religious institutions are densely clustered in the southern portion of the map, ranging from the Ursuline Academy and Hillcrest High Sch to Mt Pisgah Ch. The natural drainage of White Rock Creek and its tributaries like Cottonwood Creek provide the only significant break in the grid of modern development.