1960 Map of East Troy

About this map

The glacial legacy of the Kettle Moraine dominates this landscape on the border of Waukesha and Walworth counties, where numerous kettles have formed a dense cluster of water bodies including Lulu Lake, Eagle Spring Lake, and the sprawling Beulah Lake. Settlement patterns are centered around East Troy, which by the early 1960s featured a growing municipal core and the East Troy Airport. Smaller hamlets like Troy Center and Eagleville maintain their distinct identities amidst a network of rural roads and family-named cemeteries such as St Peters Cem and Evergreen Cem. The map reveals the early development of recreational and institutional land use, from Divine Word Seminary and Camp Edwards on the lakefronts to the early fairways of local golf courses. A northern branch of the Mukwonago River and the meandering Honey Creek provide the primary drainage for this wetland-rich region during a period of transition between traditional farming and expanding lakeside residential life.