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Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps, 1859-1991View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1905-1975

The Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps include a variety of maps depicting Corvallis and Benton County, including road and street maps, land use and comprehensive planning maps, and plans for city parks. The maps depict roads, parks, schools, public buildings, and natural features. The maps were prepared by numerous organizations and individuals.

The 1859 map of Marysville in Series 2 has been digitized and is available upon request.

ID: MAPS Corvallis
Extent: 2.5 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps (MAPS Corvallis), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
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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