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1968 Map of Florin

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Florin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

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Sacramento expands southward into agricultural lands in this late-1960s survey, showing the transition of dairy and farmland into suburban residential blocks. The area around the historic community of Florin is increasingly dominated by modern infrastructure, including the Florin Square Shopping Center and a series of newly constructed schools like Burbank High Sch and Rutter Jr High Sch. Despite this growth, the rural character remains evident in the wide grids of Sheldon Road and Elk Grove Blvd, where numerous wells and gaging stations dot the landscape between Morrison Creek and Laguna Creek.

Transportation corridors define the regional development, with the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads cutting north-south through the terrain. To the southwest, the environment shifts near the Sacramento River and the marshy edges of Stone Lake near the small settlement of Freeport. Local history and genealogy interests are well-represented by long-standing landmarks such as the Masonic Cem and the East Lawn Southgate Cem, alongside civic anchors like the Highway Patrol Academy.