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1955 Map of Roseburg

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Roseburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The South Umpqua River winds through this mid-century portrait of Douglas County, where the growing city of Roseburg serves as a regional hub for the timber and agricultural valleys. This 1955 survey captures the transition of the landscape as the Pacific Highway and the Southern Pacific railroad corridor facilitate movement between rural hamlets like Melrose and Myrtle Creek. Notable institutional footprints are evident at the Veterans Hospital and the Municipal Airport, reflecting the post-war infrastructure development in the area.

Away from the valley floor, the map details the upland ridges and hollows that define the region's character, from Callahan Ridge to Alexander Butte. Rural life is meticulously documented through numerous small schools and cemeteries, such as the Melrose Sch and Civil Bend Cem. Of particular interest to local historians is the site of Ruckles and the Boomer Hill Sch (Aband), providing a window into earlier settlement patterns that were already beginning to shift by the 1950s.