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1956 Map of Lake Stevens

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Lake Stevens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Lake Stevens serves as the focal point of this Snohomish County landscape, with its northern shoreline hosting the settlement of Hartford and the Mt Pilchuck School. The area is defined by its transition from industrial and transit corridors to rural homesteads, evidenced by the Northern Pacific railroad line cutting through the western portion of the map near East Sunnyside. Local civic life is captured through landmarks like the Granville Grange and the Paul Sevenich Boy Scout Camp located near Connor Lake.

The hydrography of the region is notably diverse, featuring the winding Pilchuck River and the South Fork Stillaguamish River in the northeast. Smaller water bodies like Lake Cassidy and Lake Martha are interspersed among a network of family-named roads, such as Soper Hill Road and Lauck Road, which reflect the mid-century settlement patterns of the Washington interior before significant suburban expansion.