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1961 Map of Streamwood

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Streamwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Streamwood and the surrounding townships of Barrington, Hanover, and Schaumburg appear here in a period of transition as suburban expansion meets established rural industry. The landscape is marked by the Northwest Tollway cutting through the center, while older routes like Shoe Factory Road and Higgins Road maintain the earlier grid. Local community life is anchored by landmarks such as Mission Chapel, New Era Sch, and the Union Cem near the northern boundary.

Industrial activity is prominent on the western edge near Elgin, where numerous Gravel Pits and a Strip Mine are clustered. Cultural and recreational footprints of the early 1960s are visible through the Drive-in Theater near Beverly Lake and the Spring Creek Valley Forest Preserve. The map serves as a record of these suburban outskirts before the intense residential densification of later decades.