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1954 Map of Atkinson SE

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Atkinson SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Eagle Creek and its diverging tributaries, the Middle Branch Eagle Creek and East Branch Eagle Creek, define the northern landscape of this Holt County region during the mid-1950s. The area is organized into distinct rural townships including Belle, Rock Falls, Pleasant View, Shields, Emmet, and Grattan. These divisions reflect a landscape deeply tied to the township-and-range surveying system, where agricultural life is anchored by scattered infrastructure.

Local education and community centers are marked by numbered school districts, such as School No 89, School No 159, and School No 157, which served the farming families of the era. The presence of numerous Windmill sites across the sections underscores the necessity of groundwater for livestock and homesteads in this part of Nebraska. Industrial activity is minimal but visible at a Gravel Pit near the center of the survey, likely providing material for the developing road network of the Missouri River Basin project.