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1969 Map of Corvallis

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Corvallis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

The Willamette River and Marys River converge in this mid-century portrait of a growing university town and its neighboring timberlands. The sprawling campus of Oregon State University serves as a central anchor, buffered by the dense elevations of the Mc Donald Forest to the north and the prominent Bald Hill. This 1960s survey, with photorevisions from the 1980s, documents the expansion of Corvallis eastward toward the Linn County line and westward along the Southern Pacific railroad toward Philomath.

Local history is preserved in the numerous schools and cemeteries scattered across the landscape, from the historic Pioneer Park to the Mt Union Cem near the Marys River. The transport network shows a transition from river-based geography to a modern hub, featuring the Corvallis Airport and a grid of expanding boulevards like Walnut Blvd and Circle Blvd that define the valley's development between the river bends and the hills.