1894 Map of Evansville

About this map

Evansville and Oregon anchor this late-nineteenth-century survey of the southern Wisconsin prairie and glacial lake country. The landscape is defined by its transition from the rolling uplands of Fitchburg and Dunn townships down toward the Sugar River and Allen Creek drainage. At this time, the region's economy was tightly bound to the expansion of the Chicago and North Western Railroad and the Illinois Central R.R. (Freeport Div.), which facilitated the growth of shipping points like Brooklyn and Union. Small crossroads settlements such as Oak Hall and Lakeview appear alongside significant water bodies like Lake Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa. The map documents a precisely surveyed agricultural network, showing the placement of farmsteads and the early infrastructure that connected Dane, Rock, and Green counties before the modern highway system reshaped these rural communities.