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1954 Map of Valley Ford

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Valley Ford
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Bodega and Valley Ford serve as the primary hubs in this coastal section of the North Bay, where the landscape is defined by the winding paths of the Estero Americano and the Estero de San Antonio. Surveyed in the mid-1950s, the map reveals a rural economy centered on small dairy settlements and ranching hubs like Fallon and Tomales. The distribution of local education is clearly marked by several rural schoolhouses, including Potter Sch, Watson Sch, and Burnside Sch, which were often the social anchors for outlying families.

The coastline transitions from the waters of Bodega Bay to the northern reaches of Dillon Beach, while inland, the terrain is marked by named geographic divisions such as CaAda De Pogolimi and Bloomfield. The road network, featuring the Valley Ford Cutoff and Jones Road, highlights the connection between these small agricultural communities and the broader Sonoma-Marin county line, which bisects the southern estero system.