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1959 Map of Walnut Creek

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

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The expanding suburbs of the East Bay dominate this mid-century topographic record, showing the rapid post-war growth of Concord, Walnut Creek, and Pleasant Hill. The map documents a complex infrastructure network including the Contra Costa Canal and the Mokelumne Aqueduct, essential for the region's development. While residential neighborhoods are spreading into the Clayton Valley, industrial and transit footprints remain visible through the Southern Pacific and Sacramento Northern rail lines.

Significant landmarks of the era are clearly marked, from the sprawling Naval Weapons Station Concord in the northeast to the Briones Regional Park in the west. Local genealogy and history are well-represented by numerous neighborhood schools like Larkey Sch and Glenbrook Sch, along with the Lafayette Cemetery and the early campus of Diablo Valley College. The terrain transitions from the developed flats of Las Juntas toward the heights of Monte Del Diablo.