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1956 Map of Forest Grove

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Forest Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Pacific University and the expanding grid of Forest Grove anchor this mid-century look at the Tualatin Valley. The landscape reveals a transition from traditional agricultural clusters like Verboort and Banks toward suburban intensification, evidenced by purple revision tints around Cornelius and Forest Grove. The Southern Pacific RR and Burlington Northern Highway provide the primary transit corridors, while older rail-oriented hamlets like Wilkesboro and Schefflin remain distinct markers in the rural-urban interface.

Water management is central to the area's development, with extensive millponds along Carpenter Creek and the meandering course of Dairy Creek defining property lines and drainage patterns. Genealogists will find a high concentration of institutional landmarks, from the Leisy School (Abandoned) and St Francis School to numerous rural burial grounds including Union Point Cemetery and Visitation Cemetery.