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1964 Map of Inglewood

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Inglewood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The Inglewood Park Cemetery and adjacent Hollywood Park racetrack anchor the landscape of Southwest Los Angeles during a period of intense post-war suburban densification. This 1964 survey, revised in the early 1980s, documents the grid-like expansion of Inglewood, Hawthorne, and Gardena, where residential tracts are interspersed with industrial infrastructure like the Oil Field near Windsor Hills. The map captures the vital transportation corridors of the era, including the Imperial Highway and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe RR, which serviced the region's burgeoning aerospace and manufacturing sectors.

Institutional growth is evident through numerous parochial and public facilities, such as St Michaels Sch and Morningside High Sch. The presence of the Hawthorne Municipal Airport and Centinela Hospital reflects the development of critical civic infrastructure serving the South Bay and Centinela Valley communities. These details provide a clear view of the transition from early ranching roots to a fully integrated metropolitan hub.