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1954 Map of Sebastopol

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Sebastopol
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Sebastopol serves as the hub of this mid-century agricultural landscape, situated at the edge of the sprawling Laguna de Santa Rosa wetlands. The map illustrates a dense network of country roads and dual rail lines, including the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad (West) and the Northwestern Pacific, which facilitated the transport of regional produce. Numerous rural schools like Olive Sch, Vine Hill Sch, and the Hall Sch (Aband) are scattered among orchards and small crossroads settlements such as Graton and Fulton.

On the eastern plains, the Naval Auxiliary Air Station stands as a significant military installation, while family-named junctions like Sousas Corner and Riccas Corner provide specific genealogical markers for the local area. The elevation shifts from the flat lagoon basin to the westward rising slopes of Vine Hill, showing a territory balancing intensive farming with emerging postwar infrastructure like the Sewage Disposal plant and the Analy Union HS.