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1965 Map of Eastlake

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Eastlake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Union Pacific railroad corridor serves as the industrial spine for this portion of Adams County, where the agricultural past met late 20th-century suburban expansion. The community of Eastlake is surrounded by a complex system of irrigation and storage, including Eastlake Res No 1, Eastlake Res No 2, and Eastlake Res No 3. These reservoirs, alongside others like Wadley Res No 1 and Lake Erie, illustrate the intensive water management required for the region's transition from farmland to the burgeoning corporate limits of Thornton and Northglenn.

Genealogists and local historians can locate early landmarks such as the Wesley Chapel Cem and the newer Highland Memory Gardens (Cemetery). To the east, the South Platte River valley contains the settlement of Hazeltine and Hazeltine Heights, while the northern reaches show more dispersed rural holdings like Hi-Land Acres and the banks of Todd Creek. The map reflects a landscape in flux, where established schools like Hulstrom Sch and Malley Drive Sch began to serve rapidly growing neighborhoods.