1962 Map of Plainfield

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The Du Page River corridor defines the landscape of this 1962 revision, flowing south through Plainfield toward the growing outskirts of Joliet. This era captures a period of significant suburban and industrial expansion, where large gravel extraction operations like those near Lake Plainfield and Lake Renwick sit adjacent to emerging residential neighborhoods and institutional sites. The industrial character of the region is reinforced by the heavy rail infrastructure of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railroad, which intersects with historical land divisions marked by the Treaty Boundary.