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1951 Map of Anselmo

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Anselmo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Anselmo serves as the primary rail hub on this mid-century survey of Custer County, situated where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad cuts a straight diagonal across the High Plains landscape. The map reveals a highly organized rural infrastructure, defined by a network of country schools including Keota Sch, Karnes Sch, Maroney Sch, and Dale Sch that supported scattered farmsteads.

To the northeast, the terrain shifts near Victoria Creek, where Victoria Springs State Park and the settlement of New Helena provide a focal point for the community. The cultural history of the area is further evidenced by several widely spaced burial grounds, such as St Anselms Cem and New Hope Cem, reflecting a landscape divided into named agricultural valleys like New Hope Valley and Dale Valley.