1963 Map of Birch Creek

About this map

The coastline of Green Bay north of Menominee is a landscape of small coastal settlements and tributary streams in the early 1960s. The Chicago and North Western railroad corridor dictates the placement of inland communities like Hansen and Birch Creek, where the Holy Trinity Ch and local schools served the rural population. The map captures a transition as urban development extends northward from the city center, marked in purple revisions, reaching toward John Henes Park and the North Shore Country Club.