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1965 Map of Falls Church

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Falls Church
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Potomac River carves a dramatic boundary through this 1960s landscape, separating the residential expansions of Fairfax and Arlington from Montgomery County. The map captures the suburban transformation of Northern Virginia, centered on the City of Falls Church and the growing hubs of McLean and Vienna. High-security federal footprints are prominent, including the Central Intelligence Agency campus at Langley and the U S Naval Reservation (David Taylor Model Basin).

Evidence of an older, industrial era remains in the form of an Abandoned Gold Mine near the river and the route of the Washington & Old Dominion RR. Local history is preserved at St James Cem and numerous neighborhood institutions like the Clara Barton Sch. The infrastructure of the Cold War era is evident in the concentration of Radio Towers and the development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, while the Washington Aqueduct underscores the region's critical utility network.