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1960 Map of Wauconda

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Wauconda
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Fox River and a sprawling chain of lakes define the landscape of this northeastern Illinois region during the early 1960s. Residential developments like Palm Beach, Eastwood Manor, and Emerald Park cluster around the waterfronts of Pistakee Lake and Wooster Lake, reflecting the post-war suburbanization of Lake and McHenry counties. The map records several youth and recreation sites, including Camp Henry Horner, Camp Hickory, and Camp Dundas, alongside local infrastructure such as a Drive-in Theater and the Sanitarium near Wooster Lake.

Tracing the boundary between McHenry and Lake counties, the survey captures many smaller community anchors like St Marys Chapel and Hilltop Sch. Extensive Gravel Pits suggest the active local industry required to build the expanding road networks of Gilmer Road and Nippersink Road. Natural features like Big Hollow and the Mutton Creek wetlands remain interspersed between the growing residential tracts of Wauconda, Island Lake, and Lakemoor.