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1960 Map of Genoa City

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Genoa City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Genoa City serves as the focal point for this southern Wisconsin landscape at the dawn of the 1960s, situated where the Chicago and North Western rail line crosses into Illinois. The map documents a region defined by its numerous glacial water bodies, from the larger Lake Elizabeth and Powers Lake to smaller basins like Benedict Lake and Tombeau Lake. Local settlement patterns are clearly visible in the burgeoning residential grids around Pell Lake and the established rural crossroads at Slades Corners.

For family historians, the survey is dense with localized landmarks, including numerous rural cemeteries such as Hillside Cem, Mound Prairie Cem, and Wheatland Cem. Educational and religious life is marked by sites like the Wheatland Center Sch and St Kilian Ch. The inclusion of a Proving Grounds at the northern edge and a Landing Strip near the center provides evidence of mid-century infrastructure and land use during this period of post-war development.