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1943 Map of Denmark

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Denmark
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Holly Springs National Forest dominates the upper half of this landscape, a terrain of ridge-and-valley topography defined by the Yocona River and its numerous tributaries. Surveyed in the early 1940s, the map reveals a rural economy heavily reliant on small community hubs and local institutions. Clusters of activity are found at Lafayette Springs and Denmark, while the surrounding countryside is dotted with a dense network of country schools such as New York Sch and Caswell Sch.

Social life in this corner of Lafayette County appears centered around these small schoolhouses and numerous churches, including Midway Ch and Philadelphia Ch. The southern portion of the sheet is marked by the Yocona River valley, where the presence of the Lester Ditch indicates early twentieth-century efforts to manage the wetlands and river bottoms for agriculture. Notable landmarks like the Denmark Fire Tower and family cemeteries such as McDonigal Cem provide specific points of interest for those tracing the cultural geography of this era.