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1998 Map of Harvey

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Harvey
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Harvey and its neighboring Cook County suburbs appear here during a period of intense post-war residential expansion, bounded by industrial corridors and the Tri-State Tollway. The landscape is a dense grid of mid-century growth, where older village cores like Homewood and Flossmoor are increasingly joined by newer developments like Country Club Hills and Olympia Fields. Despite the urban sprawl, large tracts of the Forest Preserve system, such as Midlothian Meadows, maintain green buffers between the rail lines and residential streets.

Transportation remains the backbone of the region, with the Illinois Central RR and Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR serving as vital arteries for both commuters and commerce. Local history is anchored by numerous parish schools and landmarks, including St Gabriel Cemetery and Oak Forest Hospital. The presence of the Calumet River and smaller waterways like Butterfield Creek shaped the initial settlement patterns that this 1998 survey captures in full maturity.