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1901 Map of Anaheim

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Anaheim
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Anaheim and the surrounding citrus and agricultural lands of Orange County appear here at the turn of the century, just as the regional rail network was cementing its influence on local development. The landscape is defined by vast ranchos and land grants such as San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana and Santiago de Santa Ana, which are intersected by the Southern California and Southern Pacific R. R. lines.

Water management is central to the area's growth, evidenced by the Anaheim Canal and Santa Ana Canal drawing from the Santa Ana River. Small rail-dependent settlements like Miraflores, Marlboro, and Richfields provide a look at the early settlement pattern before the suburban expansion of the later twentieth century. To the north, the terrain rises into the La Puente Hills and the oil-producing vicinity of Olinda, contrasting the flat plains of Los Alamitos to the southwest.