1962 Map of Lombard

About this map

Bloomingdale and Roselle anchor the northern reaches of this DuPage County landscape, showing the suburban transition of the early 1960s with extensive photorevisions into the late 1970s. The area is defined by its recreation and infrastructure, from the sprawling Medinah Country Club and Nordic Hills Country Club to the critical broadcast infrastructure of the Radio Towers (WBBM) and Radio Towers (WMAQ). The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad bisects the northern towns, while the East Branch Du Page River meanders south toward Lombard and Wheaton. Genealogy researchers will find numerous parochial landmarks such as St Pauls Cem and St Johns Sch, alongside industrial features like the Gravel Pit near Bloomingdale. The map captures the densifying residential patterns around Glendale Heights and Addison just before the full maturation of the western Chicago suburbs.