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1956 Map of Omaha South

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Omaha South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Offutt Air Force Base and the expanding urban footprints of Omaha and Bellevue define this mid-century portrait of the Missouri River corridor. The map reveals the dense institutional and parochial landscape of South Omaha, where numerous schools and churches like St Stanislaus Sch and St Francis Sch served immigrant neighborhoods near the rail yards. To the south, the transition from city to airfield is marked by legacy settlements like Avery and Gilmore, which sat along the primary rail lines of the Union and Pacific systems.

The Missouri River's shifting path is tracked against the Nebraska-Iowa state line, showing how the river's meandering created pockets of land like the area near Council Bluffs that became functionally separated from their respective states. Inland, the topography is dominated by numerous cemeteries including Westlawn Cemetery and St Johns Cem, alongside early suburban developments that were beginning to bridge the gap between the historic city centers and the military installations at Ft Crook.