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1970 Map of Harvard

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Harvard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Harvard serves as the primary urban center on this northern Illinois landscape, positioned at a vital junction of the Chicago and North Western railroad. The 1970s expansion of the town is visible through purple photorevisions, showing development around High Sch, St Joseph Ch, and the local Hospital. To the northeast, the smaller settlement of Alden sits among numerous Gravel Pits, illustrating the local extractive industry that defines the glacial terrain.

The rural surroundings are segmented by a dense grid of family-named roads, including Knickerbocker Road and O'Brien Road, connecting remote farmsteads to the larger townships of Chemung and Dunham. Notable landmarks like Big Foot Prairie on the Wisconsin border and several local burial grounds such as Mt Auburn Cemetery and Jerome Cem provide significant points of interest for genealogists tracing family histories in McHenry County. The hydrology of the region is anchored by the Kishwaukee River, which winds through the southern fields of Hartland.