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1959 Map of Cambria

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Cambria
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The coastal terrain of San Simeon Grant Boundary and Santa Rosa meets the Pacific in this late 1950s survey. The village of Cambria serves as the focal point, showing a detailed grid of residential streets including Windsor Blvd and Cambria Pines Road. To the south, the Cambria Air Force Station overlooks the shoreline near White Rock, representing the Cold War era's military footprint on the Central Coast.

Agricultural and community life is centered along the winding course of Santa Rosa Creek, where the Coast Union Water High Sch and Santa Rosa Cemetery are situated. The landscape transitions from the developed beachfront at San Simeon Beach State Park to the inland dairy and ranching outposts like Harmony and Steiner. Traces of earlier industry remain visible in the form of a sawmill near the coast and several gravel pits scattered among the hills.