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1968 Map of Highland Park

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Highland Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Detroit's dense urban footprint and its enclave cities define this late 1960s landscape, illustrating a period of intense post-war development and industrial connectivity. The map captures the tight residential grids of Highland Park and Hamtramck, surrounded by the city's expanding northern limits. Transport corridors like the Chrysler Freeway and Edsel Ford Freeway cut through the established neighborhoods, while the Grand Trunk Western RR and Detroit Terminal RR underscore the area's historic reliance on rail for commerce.

Major institutional and communal spaces are prominent, including large burial grounds such as Mt Olivet Cem and Forest Lawn Cemetery. Local education and religious life are anchored by numerous parochial institutions like St Florian High Sch and St Rita High Sch. To the north, the boundary between Oakland Co and Wayne Co along 8 Mile Rd separates the core city from maturing suburbs like Hazel Park and Ferndale.