1963 Map of Battle Creek SW

About this map

Rural Madison County, Nebraska, is defined here by a dense network of early 1960s section roads and the winding paths of North Fork Union Creek and Union Creek. The landscape reflects a deeply established agricultural community, anchored by the St Francis de Sales Ch and small rural education centers such as Olson Sch and School No 28. The distribution of family-named schoolhouses like Chloe Sch and Solso Sch suggests a period when local townships—including Emerick, Schoolcraft, Shell Creek, and Kalamazoo—still maintained distinct civic identities through their neighborhood schools and cemeteries. This survey captures the transition of the Missouri River Basin's development, documenting the precise locations of the Iowa Valley Cem and Evangelical Cem before further consolidation of rural districts.