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1953 Map of Hinsdale

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Hinsdale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Hinsdale and its neighboring villages in DuPage and Cook counties exhibit the mid-century expansion of the Chicago suburbs, anchored by a dense network of commuter rail lines including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR and the Chicago Aurora and Elgin RR. The landscape is a mix of established residential grids and significant institutional footprints, such as the St Josephs Seminary and St Francis Retreat.

Notably, the map documents specialized land uses of the era, from the Hinsdale Airport to the large cluster of memorial parks in the northeast, including Mt Carmel Cemetery and Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Local recreation is well-represented by numerous private clubs like the Butterfield Country Club and Acacia Country Club, while the winding course of Salt Creek provides a natural break in the suburban development. Smaller, less-documented locales like Utopia and Lace are also preserved here alongside major civic landmarks like the County Sanitarium.