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1964 Map of Beltsville

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Beltsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Large federal research and military installations dominate the landscape between Beltsville and White Oak, highlighting the expansion of government infrastructure in the post-war era. The sprawling US Dept of Agriculture Research Center and the US Naval Ordnance Laboratory occupy significant tracts of land, surrounded by rapidly developing residential subdivisions like Hollywood Park and Fairview Estates. This period of growth is further evidenced by the extensive network of newly charted schools, including High Point High Sch and Regina High Sch, which serve the burgeoning suburban population near the Capital Beltway.

Water management and transportation systems frame the district's boundaries. The Patuxent River is impounded at the Rocky Gorge Dam to form the Rocky Gorge Reservoir in the north, while the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor provides a traditional industrial spine near Muirkirk and Ammendale. Numerous gravel pits and a sand and gravel pit scattered throughout the quadrangle indicate the ongoing extraction of local resources required for the region's massive mid-century construction boom.