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1963 Map of Emerick

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Emerick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Emerick lies at the heart of this Madison County landscape, where the agricultural sections of Grove and Highland townships meet. The map reveals a high density of rural social infrastructure from the early 1960s, specifically a remarkably preserved network of country schools that anchored these farming neighborhoods. One can trace the placement of the Deer Creek Sch and Mt Hope Sch in the north down to the Brookside Sch along the banks of Battle Creek.

The drainage patterns of Deer Creek and Battle Creek dictate the road and settlement layout, with family legacies preserved at sites like Hutchins Cem and Osborn Cem. This survey, conducted as part of the Missouri River Basin development program, captures the transition of the Nebraska prairie into a highly organized system of section-line roads and small-scale educational centers like Whitehouse Sch and Highland View Sch.