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1963 Map of Berea

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Berea
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Berea and its surrounding townships show a landscape in rapid transition during the early 1960s, where traditional college town life meets post-war suburban expansion. The campus of Baldwin-Wallace College and the industrial presence of a quarry near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad anchor the north, while to the east, Parma Heights and Parma display the dense, organized residential grids of the era. A significant portion of the landscape is dedicated to public and military use, including the U S Military Reservation and the sprawling green corridors of the Rocky River Reservation and Strongsville Reservation.

Southward, the map transitions into Brunswick Hills and Brunswick, where a scattering of oil wells and the Strongsville Air Park suggest a mix of resource extraction and early aviation infrastructure. Notable community landmarks like the Drive-in Theater in Middleburg Heights and numerous parochial schools, such as Holy Family Sch and St Bartholomew Sch, provide a detailed look at the social geography of Cuyahoga and Medina counties before further late-century development.