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1955 Map of Newport

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Newport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The Ohio River and Licking River converge at the heart of this mid-century survey, anchoring a landscape where the urban density of Newport and Cincinnati gives way to the burgeoning hillcrest communities of Northern Kentucky. The 1955 revision reveals a dense concentration of civic and religious institutions, from the U S Reservation (VA Hospital) in Fort Thomas to the sprawling grounds of Evergreen Cemetery and St Joseph Orphanage Cem.

Infrastructure is prominently featured, including the industrial activity surrounding Lunken Airport and the River Downs Race Track along the riverfront. The map captures the transit-oriented development of the era, with the Pennsylvania RR and Chesapeake and Ohio RR lines threading through river towns like Silver Grove and Brent. To the south, the terrain climbs toward Highland Heights and Cold Spring, showing the early post-war expansion of residential neighborhoods into formerly agricultural hillsides.