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1957 Map of Clarksville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Clarksville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Clarksville and the surrounding rural communities of Highland, Dayton, and Simpsonville occupy a landscape defined by the winding course of the Middle Patuxent River and its southern neighbor, the Patuxent River. The 1970s updates reveal the early expansion of Columbia in the northeast, where Howard County Community College and Atholton High School appear as purple overlays, signaling the transition from traditional Maryland farmland to suburban development.

Local history is preserved in the numerous country sanctuaries and schoolhouses that dot the crossroads, including Brown Chapel, Linden Church, and St Louis Church. The presence of the Linthicum Cemetery and several family-named landmarks like Hopkins School provides essential markers for genealogical research. To the south, the Hopkins Applied Physics Lab stands near the village of Fulton, while the waters of the Triadelphia Reservoir and Rocky Gorge Reservoir frame the area's western and southern boundaries.