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1967 Map of New Brighton

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of New Brighton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant dominates the northeastern landscape of this mid-century survey, a massive industrial reservation that defined local geography between Mounds View and Shoreview. This 1967 edition, updated with 1980 photorevisions, captures the rapid postwar suburbanization of the northern Twin Cities suburbs. Dense residential grids and school clusters like Edgewood Jr High Sch and Irondale Sch fill the spaces between established corridors of the Soo Line and Interstate 35W.

Water remains a central feature of the terrain, with recreation-oriented landmarks like the Midland Hills Country Club and Gross Golf Course situated near the urban edge. The map documents significant local history sites from Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery to the Bethel Seminary, alongside evidence of the era's entertainment culture, such as a Drive-in Theater in Arden Hills. Local infrastructure, including the long Aqueduct and numerous gravel pits, highlights the engineering that supported this era of northern expansion.