General County Highway Maps, 1951-1963

Title: General County Highway Maps, 1951-1963

ID: MAPS CountyHwy

Primary Creator: Oregon. State Highway Department

Extent: 0.5 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in one series: I. General County Highway Maps, 1951-1963.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The General County Highway Maps consist of highway maps of several Oregon counties, primarily in western Oregon with the exception of Harney County, prepared by the Oregon State Highway Department in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Maps are included for Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Lane, Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties. Data for the maps was compiled from a statewide highway planning survey. General maps of the county as well as additional sheets with more detailed maps of key locations such as towns and highway junctions are included. Maps of several scales are part of the collection. The full county maps range from 1:62,500 (1 inch = 1 mile) to approximately 1:150,000 (1 inch = 2+ miles); the more detailed maps are at approximately 1:20,000 scale.

The maps provide detailed information about the condition and type of roads (impassable, primitive, unimproved, graded, gravelled, or paved) as well as whether the roads are public or private. The maps depict the locations of bridges, transportation lines, airfields, mines, camp areas, parks, and power plants and include information on land features, city and town locations, county populations, and some city populations. Public structures such as schools, churches, hospitals, and businesses as well as personal dwellings are shown on the maps.

More Extent Information: 70 maps; 1 oversize box and 1 map folder

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings also include Oregon State Highway Maps, (MAPS ORStateHwy), Highway Maps of Oregon Counties, (MAPS Highway), Oregon State Highway Division Maps of Oregon Cities and Towns, (MAPS ORCities), and Oregon Transportation Maps, (MAPS ORTransport).

Preferred Citation: General County Highway Maps (MAPS CountyHwy), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Oregon. State Highway Department
United States. Bureau of Public Roads

Clatsop County (Or.)--Maps.
Columbia County (Or.)--Maps.
Coos County (Or.)--Maps.
Curry County (Or.)--Maps.
Douglas County (Or.)--Maps.
Harney County (Or.)--Maps.
Lane County (Or.)--Maps.
Lincoln County (Or.)--Maps.
Natural Resources
Oregon--Maps.
Polk County (Or.)--Maps.
Roads--Oregon--Maps.
Tillamook County (Or.)--Maps.
Yamhill County (Or.)--Maps.

Maps (documents)
Transportation maps.