1956 Map of Falls Church
USGS Topo · Published 1961About this map
The Potomac River corridor dominates this mid-century landscape, serving as a boundary between Maryland and Virginia while hosting the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. To the south, the rapid post-war expansion of Northern Virginia is evident in the sprawling residential developments surrounding the City of Falls Church and McLean. This era represents a significant transformation of formerly rural Fairfax County into a suburban engine, yet traces of an older agricultural past remain in labels for Fawcett Farms and Swinks Mill.
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Editions of this 1956 Falls Church Map
2 editions found
Historical Maps of Bethesda Through Time
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1890 Mt. Vernon
Fairfax County, VA
1891 Mt. Vernon
Fairfax County, VA
1894 Mt. Vernon
Fairfax County, VA
1897 Mt. Vernon
Fairfax County, VA
1944 Belvoir
Fairfax County, VA
1945 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
1948 Belvoir
Fairfax County, VA
1951 Belvoir
Fairfax County, VA
1951 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
1951 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
1956 Belvoir
Fairfax County, VA
1956 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
1957 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
1965 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
1966 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
1977 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
1990 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
1994 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
1994 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA
2022 Falls Church
Fairfax County, VA
2022 Manassas
Fairfax County, VA