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1957 Map of Waco West

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Waco West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Brazos River and Bosque River frame the expanding urban core of Waco during this mid-century period of growth. This survey captures the city's western reach as it meets the shoreline of Lake Waco, a landscape defined by institutional sites and new suburban developments like Beverly Hills and Woodway. The map details a significant concentration of social history landmarks, including the Waco State Home (Orphanage) and the Methodist Home (Orphanage), alongside the sprawling US Veterans Hospital campus.

Transit and civic life are anchored by the Waco Municipal Airport and the Heart O' Texas Fairground. For those researching local genealogy, the sheet records numerous neighborhood anchors such as Greenwood Cem and Hillcrest Ch, as well as the segregated educational landscape of the era evidenced by Carver High Sch and East Waco Jr HS. The surrounding terrain transitions from the dense street grids of Provident Heights to the gravel pits and wooded bluffs of Lovers Leap.