1961 Map of Cooksville

About this map

The Yahara River meanders through the heart of this landscape, its course defining the borders of several south-central Wisconsin townships including Dunkirk, Porter, and Fulton. Settlement patterns here reflect the mid-century agricultural character of Rock and Dane counties, anchored by small communities like Cooksville and Stebbinsville. The infrastructure of the era is evident in the crossings of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad in the north and the Chicago and North Western line in the south.