1953 Map of Alborn

About this map

Duluth Missabe And Iron Range tracks through the heart of St. Louis County, anchoring the timber and transit landscape of the early 1950s. The settlement of Alborn serves as a central hub, where the rail line meets Coleraine Junction and branches through heavy wetlands and forest. The mapping reveals a distributed network of small rural communities and civic life, evidenced by the Town Hall in New Independence and several scattered houses of worship such as Bethlehem Ch and Industrial Ch. Numerous small burial grounds, including Spruce Hill Cem and the Indian Cem, offer specific points of interest for genealogists tracking family roots in the northern woods. The terrain is defined by its complex drainage, where the Artichoke River connects Artichoke Lake to a series of smaller water bodies like Schelin Lake and Levindusky Lake.