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1952 Map of Ojai

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Ojai
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Ojai serves as the focal point of this mid-century landscape, anchored by its City Hall and the Nordhoff Union School. The valley floor is defined by a distinct educational and agricultural character, home to the Thacher School and the San Antonio Sch, with the town center showing expansion toward Grand Ave and Foothill Road. The Southern Pacific rail line terminates near the urban core, marking the edge of the residential district before the terrain rises into the canyons of the Los Padres National Forest.

Transitioning from the developed Ojai Valley, the map illustrates the surrounding rugged topography, from Sulphur Mountain in the south to the heights of Nordhoff Pk on the Nordhoff Ridge. Waterways such as San Antonio Creek and Lion Creek carve through the landscape, while the southern portion of the sheet reaches into the historic bounds of Ex Mission San Buenaventura. This record documents a period of growth as the community moved beyond its early 20th-century footprint into the surrounding hillsides.