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1956 Map of Lawton

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Lawton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Cameron State Agriculture College campus and the historic downtown of Lawton are central to this mid-century survey of Comanche County. The map details a period of significant urban growth, with residential developments expanding toward West Branch Wolf Creek and the southern City Boundary. The urban infrastructure is robust, featuring institutions like Memorial Hospital, the McMahon Memorial Bldg, and numerous neighborhood schools such as Edison Sch and Washington School.

Outside the city core, the landscape transitions into agricultural and industrial uses, marked by the Lawton Municipal Airport and the Mercer Minnow Ponds. Transportation corridors are a defining element, showing the crossing of the St Louis San Francisco RR and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific RR, alongside the more modern H. E. Bailey Turnpike. The northeastern corner is influenced by the Fort Sill Indian School Reservation, grounding the map in the region's complex institutional history.