1921 Map of Brownsville

About this map

Brownsville sits at the heart of this Linn County survey, where the Calapooya River emerges from the foothills and meets the early 20th-century path of the Southern Pacific railroad. The map highlights a rural infrastructure defined by its water and educational centers, from the industrial Brownsville Ditch to a high density of country schoolhouses like Union Point School, Rockhill School, and Frums School. In the north, the South Santiam River winds past Waterloo and the mineral waters of Soda Spring near Sodaville. While central portions remain part of a Preliminary Edition Unsurveyed Area, the detailed sections provide a clear look at early land divisions and the network of creeks—such as Courtney Creek and Warren Creek—that dictated the placement of homesteads and small settlements before the era of modern highway expansion.