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1971 Map of St. Joseph North

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of St. Joseph North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

St Joseph serves as the focal point of this Buchanan County survey, showing the city's northward expansion into the surrounding Washington and Jefferson townships. The landscape is characterized by a dense network of civic and religious institutions, including the expansive grounds of State Hospital No 2 and numerous parochial schools such as Christian Brothers High Sch and St Francis Xavier Sch. Transport routes like the Union Pacific RR and the Burlington Northern lines trace the industrial corridors near the Missouri River.

Suburban development is evident in the emergence of Country Club Village and the proximity of leisure sites like the Moila Golf Course. The map records a significant concentration of local heritage sites, from the prominent Memorial Park Cemetery to smaller family landmarks like Vanschoiack Cem and Ladd Cem. Away from the urban core, the terrain transitions to the drainage basins of Crowley Creek and the One Hundred and Two River, where quarries and early settlements like Avenue City mark the rural boundary.