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1933 Map of Rosedale

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Rosedale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Agricultural irrigation networks define the landscape of northwestern Kern County in the early 1930s. The Lerdo Canal, Calloway Canal, and Rio Bravo Canal snake across the terrain, feeding a grid of roads and farms. The region is bisected by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific RR, which established transit points like Una Siding and Rosedale Sta.

Social life in this developing farming community centered on landmarks such as the White Ch, Palm Sch, and Greeley Sch. The map reveals a highly structured environment where naming conventions like Seventh Standard Line Road and Kratzmeyer Avenue reflect the formal surveying of the San Joaquin Valley. Rural residences are scattered along avenues like David Avenue and Wegis Avenue, illustrating the settlement patterns before the extensive post-war suburbanization of the Bakersfield periphery.