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1962 Map of Blue Mounds

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Blue Mounds
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Wisconsin River corridor defines the northern reaches of this landscape, carving a wide valley filled with braided channels and named landforms like Otter Island and Cedar Island. To the south, the terrain rises into the distinctive driftless uplands, where the high points of Blue Mounds dominate the horizon. This area shows a well-established rural infrastructure of the early 1960s, anchored by the railroad towns of Mazomanie, Black Earth, and Barneveld.

Genealogists will find a dense network of local institutions, including Jennieton Baptist Cem, St Johns Ch, and schools such as Larsonville Sch. The presence of Little Norway and Cave of the Mounds highlights the region's developing identity as a cultural and natural destination. The map also records the transition from the river plains of the Arena prairie to the complex ridges and coulees, including Knight Hollow and Sanborn Ridge, where numerous quarries suggest the local importance of stone extraction.