1954 Map of Centralia

About this map

The Chehalis River valley serves as a bustling corridor for mid-century transportation and commerce, dominated by the neighboring hubs of Centralia and Chehalis. This mid-1950s landscape is defined by its extensive rail infrastructure, where the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Great Northern railroads converge. While the river bottoms support urban growth and the Fairgrounds, the surrounding uplands like Newaukum Hill and Logan Hill maintain a more rural character of prairies and timbered ridges.