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1915 Map of Concord

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Concord
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Monte Del Diablo serves as the topographic anchor for this East Bay landscape, where the Spanish land grant heritage is still visible through extensive ranchos like Boca De La Canada Del Pinole and Laguna De Los Palos Colorados. The 1915 revision shows early twentieth-century growth concentrated along rail corridors and creek valleys, notably where the Southern Pacific RR and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe RR connect towns like Concord and Walnut Creek to the broader shipping networks.

Education and recreation are represented by landmarks such as Mills College and the Country Club, while the rugged interior is defined by prominent peaks like Bald Peak and Redwood Peak. This survey also documents smaller, often forgotten rail stops and settlements including Hookston, Meinert, and Eastport, which were vital to the local agrarian economy before the suburban expansion of the later century.