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1954 Map of Hopkins

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Hopkins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Hopkins and its surrounding suburban landscape appear here in the mid-1950s, a period defined by rapid residential expansion along the Great Northern and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis rail corridors. The map documents significant institutional footprints including the Glen Lake Sanatorium and the Minneapolis Penal Institution, alongside the emerging neighborhoods of Golden Valley and St Louis Park. Specialized facilities like the County Boys Sch and the Shady Oak Sch (Abandoned) offer clear evidence of the area's shifting educational and social infrastructure.

Hydrological features like Lake Minnetonka and Medicine Lake anchor the topography, with Minnehaha Creek and Ninemile Creek threading through the burgeoning development. Local history is deeply embedded in labels for long-standing sites like Minnetonka Mills and St Mary Ch, providing researchers a precise look at the transition from a post-war rural-urban fringe into a more densely settled suburban environment.