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1962 Map of Wheaton

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Wheaton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Burlington Northern and Chicago and North Western railroads anchor a landscape of rapid mid-century suburban expansion across DuPage County. This 1962 revision, with 1970s updates shown in purple, captures the densifying residential blocks of Wheaton and Downers Grove. Educational and religious institutions are particularly prominent, ranging from the central Wheaton College campus to the sprawling grounds of Maryknoll Seminary and the Loretto Convent.

Natural corridors like the East Branch Du Page River and its tributaries, including St Joseph Creek and Prentiss Creek, provide a soft boundary to the encroaching developments. The arrival of the East-West Tollway signals a shift in local transit, while established community anchors like St Marys Cem and the Maple Grove Forest Preserve offer a window into the county's older civic and natural heritage before the full weight of late-century urbanization took hold.