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1963 Map of Palos Park

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Palos Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Calumet Sag Channel and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dominate the northern and central landscape of this southwest Chicago suburban survey. The 1963 data, updated through 1980, reveals a complex transition between the dense residential grids of Oak Lawn and Worth and the sprawling green spaces of the Forest Preserve. Significant land use is dedicated to large memorial sites such as Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and the Lithuanian Cemetery, providing important markers for genealogists studying the area's ethnic settlements.

Industrial and transport infrastructure is deeply integrated into the terrain, from the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroad corridor near Willow Springs to the burgeoning commercial zones indicated by the Tri-State Tollway. Along the southern reaches, more natural features like the Laughing Squaw Sloughs and Swallow Cliffs remain preserved, contrasting with the intense urban expansion shown in purple revision tints.