1963 Map of Battle Creek SE

About this map

Green Garden, Fairview, and Kalamazoo townships comprise the heart of this rural Madison County landscape as it appeared in the early 1960s. The map illustrates a dense network of local education and faith-based landmarks essential to Nebraska's mid-century rural communities, including St John Sch and various district schoolhouses such as School No 15, School No 42, and School No 7. The hydrology is defined by the wandering paths of Taylor Creek and the North Fork Union Creek, which feed into the primary Union Creek channel. This survey documents the specific placement of local burial sites including Green Garden Cem and Kalamazoo Cem, providing a detailed look at the rural settlement patterns before many of these smaller country schools and community focal points were consolidated or altered by modern agricultural expansion.