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1955 Map of Roselle

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Roselle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

South Mountain Reservation and the Watchung Reservation anchor the wooded highlands of this Union County landscape, while the valleys between them show the dense post-war suburbanization of Northern New Jersey. The residential corridors of Summit, Springfield, and Cranford are shown as they expanded in the mid-1950s, bisected by the evolving routes of U S Highway 22 and the Garden State Parkway.

Local history is preserved in the detailed mapping of numerous neighborhood schools like Shackamaxon Sch and Tuscan Sch, alongside cultural landmarks such as the Baltusrol Golf Course and Echo Lake Park. The drainage of the Rahway River and Passaic River defines the lowlands, where early settlements like Milltown and Aldene remained distinct before the purple-tinted urban extensions of the 1970s further connected these bustling townships.