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1963 Map of Tinley Park

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tinley Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Tinley Park and the surrounding Cook and Will County borderlands show a landscape in the midst of mid-century suburban expansion. The concentrated development of the village is balanced by the sprawling grounds of the Tinley Park State Hospital and the forested corridors of the Forest Preserve, including Yankee Woods. Industrial and utility markers of the era are evident, such as the Radio Tower (WLS-WENR) and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, which historically anchored the region's transport.

Rural remnants persist through numerous small educational and religious sites like the Summit Hill Sch and St Boniface Ch. To the south, the Indian Boundary Treaty line cuts diagonally across the grid, a cartographic ghost of earlier territorial demarcations. The presence of the Prosperi Airport and the U S Military Reservation near Orland Park further reflects the diverse land use of this evolving Illinois corridor.