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1928 Map of Corcoran

Name: 1928 Topographic Map of Corcoran
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1928
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1928

About this map

The agricultural grid of the San Joaquin Valley is meticulously documented in this late 1920s survey, focused on the hub of Corcoran and its southern extension at South Corcoran. This era captures the landscape as it transitioned through intensive irrigation engineering, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cutting diagonally across a terrain defined by an intricate network of water management. The map details vital infrastructure like the Sweet Canal, North Corcoran Ditch, and Fisk DITCH.

Beyond the town center, the map reveals the placement of rural educational centers including Lake View School, Riverdale School, and Tenseure School, which served the outlying farmsteads. Natural watercourses like the Tule River and East Branch Cross Creek are shown alongside legacy markers of the region's changing hydrology, such as the Kings Lake Tulare Lake shorelines. Small junctions and loading points like Turnbull and Blanco highlight the rail-dependent economy of Kings County during this period.