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1967 Map of Hopkins

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Hopkins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

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Minnetonka and its surrounding suburbs appear in a period of significant post-war expansion on this 1967 survey. The landscape is characterized by a dense network of water bodies, including Lake Minnetonka, Medicine Lake, and Gleason Lake, which are interspersed with rapidly developing residential areas and public institutions. Notably, the Glen Lake State Sanatorium and the Workhouse stand as significant landmarks alongside numerous schools like Wayzata High Sch and Hopkins High Sch.

Transportation infrastructure drives the region's character, with the Burlington Northern and Chicago and North Western railroads cutting through established settlements like Hopkins and St Louis Park. Purple photorevision updates from the 1970s and 1980s illustrate the continued urban sprawl into areas such as Eden Prairie and Plymouth, tracing the evolution from wooded lake country to a major metropolitan corridor.