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1951 Map of Arcadia SW

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Arcadia SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The windswept topography of Sherman County is defined by the winding course of Clear Creek and its tributary Cole Creek as they cut through the loess hills of central Nebraska. This 1951 record, produced as part of the Missouri River Basin development program, reveals a landscape densely populated with rural schoolhouses, including Banner Sch, Graystone Sch, and School No 49. These small, localized schools served the surrounding townships of Myrtle, Washington, Algernon, and Elm.

The presence of numerous Windmill sites across the terrain underscores the critical importance of groundwater for the farmsteads located along the Custer and Sherman County line. Researchers will find the Lone Elm Cem and the adjacent Lone Elm Sch as central community points in this agrarian district, while other family or district-named landmarks like Balloursa Sch and Deem Sch provide essential geographic markers for tracing ancestral property and early prairie settlement patterns.