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1962 Map of Brodhead East

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

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Sugar River meanders through the southern half of this landscape, forming a wide, fertile valley that historically defined the development of Rock County. Settlement patterns here are anchored by the town of Brodhead in the northwest and Orfordville in the northeast, connected by a network of rural roads that serve the surrounding agricultural townships of Spring Valley and Avon. This 1962 survey, updated with 1971 aerial data, captures the rural infrastructure of the mid-century, including the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad corridor and local social centers like the Avon Townhall.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the placement of rural institutions such as West Luther Valley Ch, Barr Sch, and Northrup Cem. The presence of several Quarry sites and the winding paths of Swan Creek, Taylor Creek, and Willow Creek illustrate how the physical geography and local industry supported these prairie communities before modern suburban expansion changed the character of the Wisconsin-Illinois borderlands.