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1959 Map of Tumwater

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Tumwater
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Olympia and Tumwater anchor this mid-century look at the southern Puget Sound, where the urban grid meets the deep inlets of the Pacific Northwest. The State Capitol and surrounding government buildings overlook Capitol Lake and the Deschutes River, highlighting the civic heart of Washington at a time of notable suburban expansion. To the west, the campus of The Evergreen State College appears as a significant institutional landmark amidst the wooded terrain near Eld Inlet.

The map reveals a landscape defined by water and woods, from the residential shores of Countryside Beach and North Olympia to the rising elevations of the Black Hills. Rural markers such as the Grange Hall and McLane Sch coexist with the growing city infrastructure of St Peters Hospital and numerous neighborhood schools like Roosevelt Sch. The intricate shoreline, featuring points like Flapjack Point and Snyder Cove Squaw Point, illustrates the region's complex geography before modern development fully transformed these coastal edges.