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1956 Map of Huron

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Huron
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Huron serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in the San Joaquin Valley, where a precise grid of roads like Trinity Avenue and Lassen Avenue organizes the fertile plains. The map illustrates a mid-century irrigation and industrial network, dominated by the massive California Aqueduduct cutting diagonally across the terrain.

Evidence of the local economy is everywhere, from the Huron Post Office and Fire Control Station in the town center to the numerous surrounding agricultural operations such as Sommerville Farms and Half Moon Ranch. Further south, industrial markers like the Cotton Gin and a Pipeline near the Fresno and Kings County line highlight the region's development during the 1950s, with later purple photorevisions capturing the expansion of facilities like the Sewage Disposal plant and additional Grain Tank structures.