1955 Map of Clearfield

About this map

Hill Air Force Base and the expansive Naval Reservation dominate the high ground in this mid-1950s study of Davis County, Utah. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition between the developed residential and military corridor near Clearfield and the sprawling Salt Flat of the Great Salt Lake to the west. This era shows a community in flux, where traditional agricultural features like the Hooper Canal and Syracuse Cem sit adjacent to burgeoning postwar developments such as Anchorage and the industrial infrastructure of the Union Pacific and Bamberger Railroad. Local landmarks like N Davis Jr H S and Wasatch Sch serve the growing population centers, while the western edge of the map remains largely unpopulated, marked only by survey points like Salt Lake NW Base along the lake's margin.