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1957 Map of Baltimore

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Baltimore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Baltimore and its surrounding Mid-Atlantic corridor appear here during a period of significant suburban expansion and industrial activity. This survey captures the massive footprint of the Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort George G Meade Military Reservation, alongside the early development of planned communities like Columbia. The regional transport network is dominated by the Pennsylvania RR and the Baltimore & Ohio RR, which parallel the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River.

From the heights of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the eastern shores of Kent Island, the map documents preserved landscapes such as Gettysburg National Military Park and the Antietam National Battlefield Site. This record of the 1950s landscape, later revised in the 1970s, illustrates the maturing of towns like Hagerstown, Frederick, and Annapolis before modern metropolitan density fully bridged the gaps between these historic centers.