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1964 Map of Sugar Grove

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Sugar Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Sugar Grove and the surrounding township show a landscape in transition as the mid-century agricultural patterns meet modern infrastructure. The Burlington Northern railroad corridor and the Aurora Municipal Airport anchor the southern portion of the map, while Blackberry Creek winds through the central valley. Notable glacial features like Johnsons Mound and Bald Mound rise above the surrounding farmland, preserved in part by the Johnsons Mound Forest Preserve.

Genealogists and local historians will find the residential developments of Nottingham Woods alongside established landmarks such as the Sugar Grove Cem and Camp Ka-De-Ka. Purple revision lines indicate the early 1970s expansion of the East-West Tollway, showing the exact path of regional growth as it moved west toward the village and across Lake Run. Numerous gravel pits dot the terrain, illustrating the local extractive industry that supported this period of rapid expansion.