1964 Map of Orange

About this map

Orange and Santa Ana are depicted during a period of rapid suburban transition, where established citrus-era settlements like Olive and El Modena begin to merge into a continuous urban corridor. The landscape is defined by the Santa Ana River and the winding course of Santiago Creek, which separates the dense residential grids from the rising terrain of the Peralta Hills and Panorama Heights. Extensive purple-tinted revisions from the early 1980s highlight the dramatic expansion of residential tracts and the maturation of the regional freeway network, including the Riverside Freeway and Newport Freeway. Local genealogy and community history are well-preserved through detailed markings of institutions such as the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre, St Josephs Hosp, and numerous neighborhood schools like Orange High Sch and McPherson Jr High Sch.