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1930 Map of La Jolla

Name: 1930 Topographic Map of La Jolla
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

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Mission Bay and the coastal bluffs of La Jolla anchor this coastal landscape, reflecting San Diego’s early 20th-century development. Inland from the coast, Camp Kearney occupies a central position on the mesa, a key military installation of the era. The transportation network is defined by the Southern California RR and its Surf Line, which skirt the coastline through Sorrento and Soledad Valley.

Smaller settlements like Miramar, Poway, and Merton are scattered across a complex terrain of deep canyons including Los Penasquitos Canyon and San Clemente Canyon. The contrast between the grid-iron street plans of Pacific Beach and the open ranchlands near Ex Mission San Diego illustrates a period when the city was beginning to expand into the surrounding hills and mesas, yet still maintained significant agricultural and military spaces between its growing coastal communities.