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1959 Map of Hayward

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Hayward
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Lake Chabot and the rising heights of the San Leandro Hills anchor the northern reaches of this mid-century portrait of Alameda County. The landscape is defined by the rapid post-war suburbanization stretching across Castro Valley and San Lorenzo, with purple revisions indicating the continued expansion of residential tracts during the 1960s and early 1970s. This growth is physically constrained by the steep terrain of Walpert Ridge and the Eden Canyon corridor to the east, while the lowlands are dominated by major infrastructure including the Nimitz Freeway and the Hayward Municipal Airport.

Genealogists and local historians will find a dense network of civic and religious institutions, from the Fairmont Hospital complex and Alameda Co Juvenile Hall to numerous neighborhood schools like Redwood Primary Sch and Edendale Sch. The map also captures the industrial and transit backbone of the East Bay, tracing the parallel lines of the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific railroads as they pass through Mt Eden and the historic center of Hayward.