1956 Map of Doland SW

About this map

Belle Plaine and Frankfort townships define the northern reaches of this Spink County landscape, mapped as part of the mid-century effort to develop the Missouri River Basin. The terrain is largely defined by the meandering course of Timber Creek in the northwest and intermittent water features like Spring and a Flowing Well. This survey captures a rural prairie infrastructure focused on community hubs, featuring the Ebenezer Cem and local country schools. The placement of Lawrence Sch in the north and Happy Hollow Sch in the southeast suggests the distributed nature of early educational districts across Harrison and Lincoln townships. This 1956 survey provides a record of the section-line road grid and rural homestead placements before later agricultural consolidation altered the local settlement patterns.