1964 Map of Gibbon
USGS Topo · Published 1965About this map
Gibbon serves as the primary hub in this agricultural region of Sibley County, where the Chicago and North Western railroad provides a straight East-West corridor for local commerce. The surrounding landscape in Moltke and Severance townships is defined by a complex network of drainage systems, including County Ditch No 31 and Judicial Ditch No 8, which modified the prairie to support intensive farming. Notable for genealogists, the map identifies several local burial sites such as St Willibrord Cem and Augustana Cem, alongside the centrally located St Peters Sch. The presence of the Alkali Lakebed and the northern reaches of Swan Lake suggest the original marshy character of this terrain before the implementation of the extensive ditch network seen here in the mid-1960s.
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Editions of this 1964 Gibbon Map
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Historical Maps of Gibbon Through Time
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