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1962 Map of Boardman

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Boardman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Columbia River corridor dominates this 1962 landscape, showing the complex network of islands and channels near Boardman before the completion of modern river control projects. The town itself serves as a central hub for transportation, where the Union Pacific tracks run parallel to Sam Boardman Avenue. Beyond the immediate riverfront, the map details the engineering efforts to reclaim this arid region through the West Extension Irrigation Canal, which branches across the plateaus to support local agriculture.

To the south, the terrain shifts into the expansive Boardman Bombing Range, marked by its distinctive Naval Reservation Boundary. This military presence provides a sharp contrast to the civilian infrastructure of the town, which includes the Fairgrounds, Riverside HS, and the Riverview Cem. Local family names are preserved through a detailed grid of rural roads such as Root Lane, Ed Kunze Road, and Rippee Road, providing essential data for genealogists tracing the early 20th-century settlement of Morrow County.