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1950 Map of Anaheim

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Anaheim
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The Santa Ana River corridor in 1950 reveals a transition from vast ranch lands to dense citrus-era urbanization. In Fullerton and Anaheim, the street grid is already established around civic landmarks like the Fullerton Municipal Airport and the Anaheim Cemetery. Beyond the primary city centers, several ethnic and labor-based enclaves are visible, including Colonia Independencia and Colonia Manzanillo, alongside institutional sites like the County Farm and Hospital.

A notable vestige of the recent war effort appears south of Garden Grove, where a POW Camp (Aban'd) is marked near a Naval Reservation and the Haster Field landing strip. The region's transport network is a complex web of the Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe and the Pacific Electric railroads, servicing the many packing houses and industrial spurs that drove the local economy before the arrival of modern freeways.