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1961 Map of Poverty Bay

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Poverty Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Federal Way and the surrounding plateau appear here in the early 1960s, a period of rapid development between the shores of Poverty Bay and the river valleys to the east. The landscape is a complex mix of new residential growth and established agricultural pockets, organized around historic corridors like Military Road and the winding Peasley Canyon Road. Large residential tracts and local schools such as Steel Lake Sch and Panther Lake Sch begin to define the suburban shift, while the Northern Pacific railroad and the Green R mark the industrial activity in the Auburn and Algona lowlands.

Water defines the edges of this quadrangle, from the shoreline at Salt Water State Park to the cluster of inland lakes including Star Lake, Mirror Lake, and Lake Geneva. Evidence of early territorial boundaries remains visible through the Indian Reservation Bdy near Northeast Tacoma, while the Evergreen Airport and various radio towers point to the mid-century infrastructure supporting the region's expansion.