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1951 Map of Ventura

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Ventura
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Ventura serves as the focal point of this 1951 landscape, centered around the historic Mission San Buenaventura and the bustling civic core containing the Court House and City Hall. The town’s early mid-century growth is evident in the residential expansion toward Pierpont Bay and the presence of numerous neighborhood institutions like Sheridan Way Sch and Henning Sch. Along the northern corridor, the Ventura River valley reveals an industrial and agricultural rhythm, dotted with settlements like Ortonville and Casitas Springs, and the specialized Ventura School for Girls.

Resource extraction is a defining characteristic of the coastal hills, where numerous Oil Wells pepper the terrain of Cañada de San Miguelito and Red Mountain. The Southern Pacific railroad follows the shoreline and river, linking coastal outposts like Dulah to the inland Filtration Plant and the recreational grounds of Foster Park. This survey captures the region just as the postwar era began to reshape the old rancho lands of Ex Mission San Buenaventura.