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1970 Map of Urbana

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Urbana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The sprawling campus of the University of Illinois anchors the urban core of this Illinois landscape during a period of significant growth. The map illustrates the densifying residential and institutional grids of Champaign and Urbana, with purple photorevision areas indicating the mid-1970s expansion of these twin cities. Key landmarks such as Memorial Stadium, the County Fairgrounds, and numerous hospitals and schools underscore the area's development as a regional educational and medical hub.

South of the city, the terrain transitions to the agricultural open land of Yankee Ridge, where the headwaters of the Embarras River begin their course. This rural expanse is punctuated by smaller settlements like Savoy and Philo, and a network of historic burial grounds including Mt Hope Cemetery and Locust Grove Cem. Transportation remains a defining feature, with the Illinois Central, Penn Central, and Norfolk and Western railroads connecting the university towns to the wider grain-producing region.