1942 Map of Daulton

About this map

The Fresno River drainage defines this central California landscape during the early 1940s, a period when the area was characterized by large ranching tracts and scattered rural waypoints. Daulton serves as the primary rail point along the Southern Pacific line in the northwest, while the interior is marked by historic stopping places like Sixmile House and the Adobe Ranch. The map reveals a transition from the lower foothills near Little Table Mountain to the river bottomlands, connected by early transit routes such as the Madera and Oneals Road. Genealogists and local historians can trace the early road network, including Hildreth Road and the crossing at Hensley Bridge, which provided essential links between isolated homesteads and the growing town of Madera to the southwest. This survey, revised just after the start of World War II, documents the rural infrastructure of Madera County before modern development altered these traditional ranching boundaries.