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1948 Map of Merced

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Merced
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Merced serves as a thriving Central Valley hub in the late 1940s, anchored by the intersecting lines of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific railroads. The town's layout is defined by institutional anchors such as Mercy Hospital, Merced General Hospital, and the local Fairgrounds. North of the city, the landscape transitions from the grid of Olive Avenue to the open Bear Creek Field and the waters of Yosemite Lake.

The surrounding agricultural area is dotted with small rural centers and schoolhouses essential to the valley's settlement pattern. Named locales like Creegan, Kadota, and Tuttle line the rail corridors, while local education is represented by the Merced Colony Sch and Farmdale Sch. An intricate network of irrigation laterals and canals support the orchards and fields, with Bear Creek and Black Rascal Creek winding through the alluvial plain.