Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps, 1859-1991

Container List

Series 1: Benton County Maps, 1903-1975 Add to Shelf

Series I consists of a variety of maps pertaining to areas in Benton County. The maps provide information on land features, highways, county roads, railroads, and postal routes; many note the locations of churches, schools, sawmills, cemeteries, and other structures. Specialized maps include zoning and planning maps as well as section surveys. Site plans for the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Children's Farm Home north of Corvallis are also included. A map depicting Yaquina and Alsea Bays on the Oregon Coast when that area was part of Benton County is also part of this series.

Extent: 75 sheets

Folder 1: Benton County Land Ownership Maps, 1913 Add to Shelf

These maps consist of 24 detailed sheets depicting section boundaries and land ownership for Benton County. The majority of these are at scale of 1 inch = 660 feet; an index map is also included.

Extent: 25 sheets

Sub-Series 1: Benton County Maps, 1903-1975 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 2.1: Map of Benton County Oregon by JP Huffman, 1903 Add to Shelf

Two blueline prints.

Extent: 2 copies

Folder-Item 11.1: Map of Benton County Oregon by JP Huffman, 1903 Add to Shelf

One mylar copy.

Extent: 1 copies

Folder-Item 2.2: Map of Benton County, circa 1900 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 2.3: Road Index Map of Benton County, 1927-1950 Add to Shelf

Includes two copies of the 1944 map and two copies of the 1950 map.

Extent: 6 sheets

Folder-Item 2.4: Metsker's Map of Benton County, circa 1950 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 2.5: General Highway Map of Benton County, circa 1952 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 2.6: Logging Railroads and Road Index Map of Benton County, 1962-1976 Add to Shelf

Compiled by T.J. Starker.

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 2.7: Benton County Soils Map, 1920 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 2.8: Generalized Land Use, Benton County, 1970 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 copies

Folder-Item 3.1: Proposed Zoning Map for Benton County, 1968 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 3.2: General Zoning Map of Benton County, 1974 Add to Shelf

As published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times.

Folder-Item 3.3: Benton County Zoning, 1974 Add to Shelf

All of Benton County at scale of 1 inch = 2000 feet; includes 6 maps plus legend and guide.

Extent: 8 sheets

Folder-Item 3.4: Benton County Comprehensive Plan, 1974 Add to Shelf

All of Benton County at scale of 1 inch = 2000 feet; includes 6 maps plus legend and guide.

Extent: 8 sheets

Folder-Item 3.5: Benton County General Zoning Map, 1975 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 3.6: Preliminary Community Shelter Program in Benton County, 1967 Add to Shelf

Includes sheets depicting roadside barriers, the 10-year floodplain, and areas with "excessive steepness or forest cover".

Extent: 4 sheets

Sub-Series 2: Maps of Areas within Benton County, 1930-1972 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 3.7: Record of Survey Done in Sections of Township 12 South, Ranges 6 and 7 West, 1972 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 3.8: Survey Map of Township 11 South, Range 4 West, circa 1975 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 3.9: Survey Map of Township 12 South, Range 5 West, circa 1975 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 10.1 Add to Shelf

Item 1: Map of Yaquina Bay, and Alsea Bay, Benton County, circa 1888 Add to Shelf

Depicts this area before Lincoln County was established in 1893.

Extent: 2 copies

Item 2: Women's Christian Temperance Union Children's Farm Home Plans, 1930-1934 Add to Shelf

Includes original plan (1930) and revised plan (1934).

Extent: 5 sheets

Series 2: Corvallis Maps, 1859-1991 Add to Shelf

Series II includes a variety of maps of Corvallis, Oregon, including general street maps, detailed plans of individual city parks, land use maps and comprehensive plans, and maps of the Corvallis water system. The maps depict roads, houses, schools, parks, and land features in Corvallis and the vicinity. Of special note is a map of the Community Shelter Program for Benton County that provides instructions for response to a nuclear emergency and a map with locations of shelters in Corvallis.

The 1859 map of Marysville has been digitized and is available upon request.

Extent: 161 sheets

Sub-Series 1: Corvallis City Maps, 1859-1991 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 11.2: Map of Corvallis, Oregon, circa 1900 Add to Shelf

One map was encapsulated in two pieces.

Folder-Item 11.3: Map of Corvallis and Surroundings, 1912 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 4.1: City of Corvallis, 1925 Add to Shelf

Compiled from official records by Department of Highway Engineering at Oregon Agricultural College, under supervision of G.V. Skelton. Scale 1 inch = 500 feet.

Folder-Item 4.2: Map of Corvallis, Ore. Compiled by Fred J. Porter, 1933, 1937 Add to Shelf

A 1920 map is dated as 1920 by G.V. Skelton and is available in folder 11.

Extent: 1 sheet

Folder-Item 11.4: Map of Corvallis, Ore. Compiled by Fred J. Porter, 1920 Add to Shelf

Maps dated circa 1933 and circa 1937 are available in folder 4.

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 4.3: Corvallis and Vicinity Special Map, 1941 Add to Shelf

Compiled by the Engineer Unit, ROTC, Oregon State College. Scale 1:10,000 with contour intervals of 5 and 10 feet.

Extent: 3 sheets

Folder-Item 4.4: Chamber of Commerce Map of Corvallis and Vicinity, 1953-1976 Add to Shelf

Extent: 13 sheets

Folder-Item 4.5: Community Shelter Program for Benton County, 1968 Add to Shelf

Includes instructions for response to a nuclear emergency and a map with locations of shelters in Corvallis.

Folder-Item 5.1: Corvallis Area Map, 1968 Add to Shelf

Scale 1 inch = 1000 feet; shows location of proposed Walnut Boulevard.

Folder-Item 5.2: City of Corvallis Engineering Department Street Map, 1968-1974 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 5.3: Corvallis Area and Vicinity, 1975-1983 Add to Shelf

Prepared by the Oregon State Highway Division.

Extent: 3 sheets

Folder-Item 5.4: Corvallis Area and Vicinity, circa 1975 Add to Shelf

Metsker Map Company.

Extent: 2 copies

Folder-Item 5.5: Corvallis Existing and Future Bikeways, 1974 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 5.6: Precinct and Ward Boundaries, 1974 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 5.7: Corvallis Urban Area Map, 1976 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 5.8: Pittmon's Map of Corvallis, Oregon, 1978 Add to Shelf

Prepared by Oregon Department of Transportation.

Folder-Item 5.9: City of Corvallis, 1983 Add to Shelf

Shows areas annexed to city in 1853, 1896, 1909, and 1953. Prepared by CHS (Corvallis High School?) Drafting.

Box-Folder 10.1 Add to Shelf

Item 3: Town of Marysville Map, 1859 Add to Shelf

Reproduction of 1891 copy of 1859 plat map. This map has been digitized and is available upon request.

Item 4: G.V. Skelton Map of Corvallis, 1905 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 copies

Item 5: Map of West Corvallis, 1909 Add to Shelf

Item 6: Map of Corvallis, 1925-1942 Add to Shelf

Two copies of circa 1925 map and one copy of 1942 map.

Extent: 3 sheets

Item 7: Map of the City of Corvallis and Vicinity, 1950 Add to Shelf

Compliments of Corvallis' new car dealers; map shows locations of dealerships.

Item 8: Citizens Bank of Corvallis Map, 1963-1976 Add to Shelf

Includes 1963, 1968, and 1976 maps.

Extent: 3 sheets

Item 9: Corvallis Voting Precinct Map, 1971 Add to Shelf

Item 10: Corvallis Area Bikeways, 1982-1991 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Sub-Series 2: Corvallis Maps with Aerial Photography, 1942-1977 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 6.1: Photomap of Corvallis and Vicinity, 1957 Add to Shelf

Aerial photograph with names of streets and geographic features. Published by Tscheu Publishing Company.

Folder-Item 6.2: City of Corvallis, 1969 Add to Shelf

Scale 1 inch = 400 feet. Compiled from photographs made in 1967 and 1969. Prepared by City of Corvallis Public Works Department.

Extent: 4 sheets

Folder-Item 6.3: Corvallis, Oregon, Quadrangle Orthophotograph, 1975 Add to Shelf

Published by U.S. Geological Survey; 1:24,000 scale.

Box-Folder 10.1 Add to Shelf

Item 11: Corvallis #2 and #3 Orthoquadrangles, 1942 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Item 12: Corvallis and Vicinity Photo Map, 1977 Add to Shelf

Aerial photograph with streets printed as overlay.

Sub-Series 3: Water System and Public Works Maps, 1892-1972 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 7.1: City of Corvallis Municipal Watershed, 1972 Add to Shelf

Forest cover type map; scale 1 inch = 1000 feet.

Folder-Item 7.2: Contour Map of Corvallis Watershed, 1944 Add to Shelf

By V.L. Goodnight, City Engineer.

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 11.5: Map of Corvallis Showing Pipe Lines, Water Works, and Sewerage Systems, 1892 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 7.3: General Plan of Corvallis Water System, 1959-1971 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Box-Folder 10.1 Add to Shelf

Item 13: Existing Distribution System and Proposed Improvements, 1958 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 4: Corvallis Growth and Planning Maps, 1889-1974 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 7.4: City of Corvallis Annexation Map, 1971-1974 Add to Shelf

Shows extent of original town of Marysville and land annexed in 1857, 1891, 1909, and annually between 1950 and 1971.

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 7.5: Land Use Plan of Corvallis, 1961 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 7.6: Zoning Map of Corvallis Oregon, 1966-1973 Add to Shelf

Extent: 4 sheets

Folder-Item 7.7: Property of Mr. Walter K. Taylor, Corvallis, 1927 Add to Shelf

Scale 1 inch = 200 feet; prepared by E. Clair Heilman, Landscape Architect. Shows location of new high school.

Box-Folder 10.1 Add to Shelf

Item 14: Map of Job's Additions to Corvallis, 1889 Add to Shelf

Reproduction made after 1900.

Item 15: Sketch Illustrating Growth of Corvallis from 1935 to 1965, 1965 Add to Shelf

Item 16: Long Range Master Plan for Corvallis, 1945 Add to Shelf

Item 17: 1965 Comprehensive Plan of Corvallis, 1964 Add to Shelf

Item 18: Corvallis Area Transportation Study, 1969 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Item 19: Site of Proposed High School, 1933 Add to Shelf

Box-Item 8.1 - 9.1: Public Works Department City of Corvallis Plans, 1971 Add to Shelf

These detailed maps (at scale of 1 inch = 100 feet and contour interval of 2 feet) depict buildings and structures, vegetation, driveways, private and public roads, creeks, and natural features. An index map is included with the set. The maps were prepared from aerial photography made in the late 1960s-early 1970s.

Extent: 66 sheets

Sub-Series 5: Corvallis City Parks Master Plans, 1960-1973 Add to Shelf

These maps provide detailed design information for many city parks in Corvallis. They depict vegetation, picnic areas, trail systems, and parking areas within each park as well as information specific to each park. Many of these maps are at a scale of 1 inch = 100 feet; several are as detailed as 1 inch = 20 feet.

Folder-Item 9.2: Parks of Corvallis, 1971 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.3: Master Plan and Grading Plan for Arnold Park, 1971 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.4: Preliminary Study for Avery Park, 1960 Add to Shelf

Extent: 2 sheets

Folder-Item 9.5: General Layout for the Avery Park Master Plan, 1971 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.6: A Revised Planting for Central Park, 1965 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9: A Master Plan Study for the Garfield School Grounds, 1967 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.7: A Study for Development of John F. Porter Park, 1969 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.8: A Master Plan Study for Pioneer Park, 1968 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.9: Master Development Plan for Pioneer Boat Ramp, 1973 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.10: Play Apparatus Layout for South Corvallis Park, undated Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.11: A Preliminary Plan for Sunset Park, 1965 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.12: A Proposed Plan for Walnut Park, 1968 Add to Shelf

Folder-Item 9.13: General Layout for the Willamette Master Plan, 1961 Add to Shelf