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1970 Map of Washington

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Washington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The growing urban corridors of Washington and Morton define this Central Illinois landscape during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The map illustrates a transitional period of suburban development, where new residential pockets like Harvard Hills and Beverly Manor appear alongside established rural landmarks. Transportation infrastructure is a dominant theme, with the Gulf Mobile and Ohio and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads cutting across the terrain, serving the industrial needs of the region near East Peoria.

Local civic life is detailed through numerous school sites such as Lincoln Sch and Columbia Sch, while the presence of the Smitty Landing Strip and Heidelein Landing Strip points to a time of active private aviation. In the northern reaches, the Proving Ground suggests a distinct land use separate from the surrounding agricultural and residential zones. Water features like Farm Creek and the Farmdale Dam spillway show the engineering efforts to manage the local watershed amidst this expanding infrastructure.