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1962 Map of Naperville

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Naperville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

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The West Branch Du Page River meanders through this landscape, anchoring a series of preserves including Mc Dowell Grove and the Herricks Lake Forest Preserve. The growing footprint of Naperville is evident in the southeastern corner, where the campus of North Central College and Edward Hospital stand near established local landmarks like the St Peter and Paul Cem. Further north, the communities of Winfield and West Chicago are linked by the Chicago and North Western railway, while the Winfield Sanitarium and Franciscan Convent occupy prominent positions on the outskirts of the residential grid.

Substantial infrastructure changes define the western half of the sheet, dominated by the sprawling grounds of the National Accelerator Laboratory. The construction of the East-West Tollway cuts through former agricultural land, bridging the gap between the rural hamlet of Eola and the established town of Warrenville. Small cemeteries like Big Woods Sch Cem and Erb Cem remain as quiet reminders of the area's earlier settlement patterns amidst this rapidly developing suburban corridor.