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1961 Map of North Little Rock

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of North Little Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Arkansas River serves as the central artery dividing Little Rock and North Little Rock in this mid-century portrait of Pulaski County's urban growth. The landscape is defined by a dense concentration of civic and religious institutions, including St Josephs Orphanage, Shorter College, and the School for Blind. Significant industrial and transportation infrastructure is evident, with the Missouri Pacific and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroads threading through neighborhoods like Levy and Park Hill.

Expansion of the metropolitan area is visible through the purple-shaded updates of the mid-1970s, which track the burgeoning residential footprints near Cammack Village and Pulaski Heights. North of the river, the massive Camp Joseph T Robinson and the sprawling Burns Park preserve a distinct contrast to the grid-patterned streets of the city center. Along the winding White Oak Bayou, small settlements like Marche and Oak Grove appear as established rural-to-suburban nodes before the height of late-century development.