1977 Map of Center West

About this map

Bazile Creek winds through the northeast corner of this Knox County landscape, where the small settlements of Center and Bazile Mills sit along its banks. Produced in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 1977 orthophotograph provides a clear overhead record of the region's agricultural patterns and rural layout. The grid of section lines and gravel roads connects the village of Winnetoon in the southwest to the wooded drainage of the creek in the north. This document captures the transition between the rolling hills and the structured farmland typical of northeastern Nebraska, offering a precise view of field boundaries and homestead locations as they existed in the late 1970s.