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1956 Map of Choctaw

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Choctaw
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Choctaw and Nicoma Park anchor this mid-century portrait of central Oklahoma, illustrating the expansion of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area alongside major transportation and military infrastructure. The sprawling footprint of Tinker Air Force Base dominates the western edge, adjacent to a network of local schools including Star Sch and Telstar Sch that served the growing suburban populations. The landscape is deeply carved by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, which parallel established local thoroughfares like SE 15th Street and SE 29th Street.

Tracing the southern sections reveals a shift toward a more rural and industrial character, marked by scattered Oil Wells and the Stanley Draper Lake reservoir. Local family history is preserved in small burial grounds such as Worley Cem and Schwartz Cem, which sit near the drainage of Hog Creek and its West Branch. The transition from the established township of Choctaw to the military and industrial zones of Boone and Taylor districts highlights the region's mid-century economic transformation.