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1968 Map of Elkhorn

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Elkhorn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Boys Town and the growing communities west of Omaha characterize this 1960s landscape, captured just as suburban expansion began to meet the established agricultural valleys of North Branch Papillion Creek and West Papillion Creek. The map documents a significant intersection of religious and educational institutions, including St Patricks Seminary and Sunny Side Sch, alongside essential public infrastructure like the County Hospital Annex.

Rail transport remains a defining feature of the era, with the Union Pacific corridor passing through Elkhorn and the Chicago and North Western serving Bennington. The rural character is preserved in the numerous family-linked sites and burial grounds such as Flower Hill Cem and Mount Calvary Cem. To the northwest, the presence of a U S Military Reservation adds a distinctive federal footprint to the rolling terrain of Douglas County.