vintage Union Oil 76 Northwest Orange County map 1968; Laguna, Brea, Cypress, Cerritos….

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a Union Oil Company Map from 1968

Northwest Orange County

City MAPS

 ·       Anaheim

·       Brea

·       Buena Park

·       Cerritos

·       Costa Mesa

·       Cypress

·       Fountain Valley

·       Fullerton

·       Huntington Beach

·       Laguna Beach

·       La Habra

….and more

This 56-year old map captures a historic period after the residential initial ‘boom’ in Northwest Orange County, but before the next phase that transformed the mixed agricultural landscape into a fully suburban hub.

The early 1970s marked a period during which cities like Cypress and La Palma expanded into areas where acres of walnut orchards, citrus groves, and dairy farms had previously existed.

In 1968,The Orange Freeway (State Route 57) was yet to be constructed through Brea Canyon. It opened in March,1972.

The Mall of Orange opened in 1971.

In 1970, roughly 4,200 acres of the historic Nohl Ranch were deeded to Santa Anita Consolidated, Inc., kickstarting the creation of Anaheim Hills.

This 1968 map still shows “Orange County State College” (at State College Blvd / Yorba Linda Blvd.) even though it had been renamed Cal State Fullerton a few year earlier.

 

CONDITION

This 56-year-old maps is in good condition, free of soiling and major flaws, but with light general wear.

Just below, I’ve displayed the largest ‘split’ along original fold lines.

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