1975 Map of Graytown

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The northern reaches of the Willow River and the rural intersection of four Wisconsin counties—Polk, Barron, St. Croix, and Dunn—characterize this mid-1970s landscape. Agriculture and woodlots define the township of Forest, where a network of small churches and community buildings serves the scattered farmsteads. Local genealogy is rooted in sites like St Johns Ch, Immanuel Ch, and the Seventh-day Adventist Ch, along with several cemeteries and the Sunnyside Sch. The eastern edge of the survey features the settlements of Graytown and Reeve, the latter situated near the headwaters of the South Fork Hay River. An interesting industrial remnant is the Old Grade Railroad, which cuts a straight line through the undulating terrain, indicating the historical transport patterns of the region's earlier timber or farming eras. Conservation land is also prominent at the Bolen Creek State Public Hunting Grounds in the southeast corner.