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1968 Map of Hartington

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Hartington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Hartington serves as the focal point of this Cedar County landscape during the late 1960s, showing a well-established community defined by its municipal services and recreational spaces. The town is marked by local landmarks like Felber Park, a prominent Water Tank, and the Golf Course, while the Chicago and North Western railroad corridor cuts through the eastern edge of the settlement. To the south of the main town site, the Drive-in Theater and St Michaels Cem illustrate the mid-century cultural and social footprint of the area.

The surrounding rural sections are drained by a network of waterways including Bow Creek, Pearl Creek, and Kerloo Creek. The presence of Robins Sch and various Gravel Pits reflects the distributed settlement and local industry of the period. This survey, part of a Missouri River Basin development program, provides a clear view of the transition between the urban infrastructure of the Hartington Municipal Airport and the agrarian township precincts that divide the countryside.