1968 Map of Escalon

About this map

The Southern Pacific railroad corridor anchors the growing agricultural hub of Escalon, where the town's expanding street grid meets the irrigated plains of the Central Valley. This 1968 landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including the South San Joaquin Main Canal and the winding Stanislaus River, which forms the boundary with Stanislaus County. The map provides a look at the transition between historic land grants like El Rancho Del Rio De Los Estanislaus and the modern township-and-range system. For local historians, the sheet preserves the locations of vital community institutions such as Union High Sch, Dent Union Sch, and the isolated Lone Tree Sch. Rural life is further mapped through landmarks like the Valley Home Cem and the small settlement of Valley Home, surrounded by orchard lands and family-named routes such as Fairbanks Rd and Dodds Rd.