The Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps include a variety of maps depicting Corvallis and Benton County and provide a broad spectrum of information about Corvallis and vicinity. The maps depict changes in the region from the mid-19th century until the early 1990s. About two thirds of the collection consists of maps of Corvallis; the remaining third are of Benton County. The maps depict roads, parks, schools, public buildings, and natural features.
The Benton County maps include road and zoning maps for the county which provide information on highways, city locations, land features, and the locations of many prominent structures. A set of 1913 land ownership maps provide detailed information on surveys and land ownership for the full county.
The Corvallis maps include street maps, city growth and planning maps, maps of public works and the Corvallis water system, and published aerial photography of Corvallis. Of special note are detailed (scale of 1 inch = 100 feet) maps produced in 1971 by the City Public Works Department and master plans for Corvallis city parks prepared in the 1960s.
The maps were prepared by numerous organizations and individuals including the City of Corvallis Public Works Department and other city departments, Benton County, Gordon V. Skelton, and T.J. Starker.
Collection is open for research.
This collection is arranged in two series: I. Benton County Maps, 1903-1975; and II. Corvallis Maps, 1859-1991.
Corvallis and Benton County, Oregon, Maps (MAPS Corvallis), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
Other maps of Corvallis, Oregon, are available in the
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.
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.
Two blueline prints and one mylar copy.
Includes two copies of the 1944 map and two copies of the 1950 map.
Compiled by T.J. Starker.
As published in the
All of Benton County at scale of 1 inch = 2000 feet; includes 6 maps plus legend and guide.
All of Benton County at scale of 1 inch = 2000 feet; includes 6 maps plus legend and guide.
Includes sheets depicting roadside barriers, the 10-year floodplain, and areas with "excessive steepness or forest cover".
Depicts this area before Lincoln County was established in 1893.
Includes original plan (1930) and revised plan (1934).
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.
Reproduction of 1891 copy of 1859 plat map.
One map was encapsulated in two pieces.
Compiled from official records by Department of Highway Engineering at Oregon Agricultural College, under supervision of G.V. Skelton. Scale 1 inch = 500 feet.
Two copies of circa 1925 map and one copy of 1942 map.
The 1920 map is dated as 1920 by G.V. Skelton and is available in folder 11. The other two maps are dated circa 1933 and circa 1937 and are available in folder 4.
Compiled by the Engineer Unit, ROTC, Oregon State College. Scale 1:10,000 with contour intervals of 5 and 10 feet.
Compliments of Corvallis' new car dealers; map shows locations of dealerships.
Includes 1963, 1968, and 1976 maps.
Includes instructions for response to a nuclear emergency and a map with locations of shelters in Corvallis.
Scale 1 inch = 1000 feet; shows location of proposed Walnut Boulevard.
Prepared by the Oregon State Highway Division.
Metsker Map Company.
Prepared by Oregon Department of Transportation.
Shows areas annexed to city in 1853, 1896, 1909, and 1953. Prepared by CHS (Corvallis High School?) Drafting.
Aerial photograph with names of streets and geographic features. Published by Tscheu Publishing Company.
Scale 1 inch = 400 feet. Compiled from photographs made in 1967 and 1969. Prepared by City of Corvallis Public Works Department.
Published by U.S. Geological Survey; 1:24,000 scale.
Aerial photograph with streets printed as overlay.
Forest cover type map; scale 1 inch = 1000 feet.
By V.L. Goodnight, City Engineer.
Reproduction made after 1900.
Shows extent of original town of Marysville and land annexed in 1857, 1891, 1909, and annually between 1950 and 1971.
Scale 1 inch = 200 feet; prepared by E. Clair Heilman, Landscape Architect. Shows location of new high school.
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.
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.