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2022 Map of Bangor

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Bangor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The La Crosse River valley and its surrounding ridge-and-coulee terrain define this portion of western Wisconsin. Along the southern corridor, the Soo Line railroad tracks parallel the river, connecting the settlements of Bangor and Rockland. The landscape is etched by numerous narrow valleys, locally known as coulees, including Norwegian Coulee, Tamarack Coulee, and Anderson Coulee, which descend from prominent heights such as Waldness Hill and Pettinger Hill. This topographic pattern reflects the driftless area's unglaciated geology, where drainage systems have deeply carved the plateau over millennia.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several burial sites within these townships, such as Saint Mary's Catholic Cem and Fairview Cem near the river, as well as the Welsh Calvanistic Cem tucked into the hills to the southeast. The northern half of the map is dominated by the small community of Burns and an intricate network of family-named roads like Niedfeldt Rd and Garves Coulee Rd, tracing the agricultural heritage of the coulee floors.