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1948 Map of Hemingford 4 NE

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Hemingford 4 NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The High Plains of Box Butte County are characterized by a transition from flat agricultural tablelands into the dissected breaks of local drainages in this 1946 survey. The landscape is primarily defined by large administrative townships such as Nonpareil and Wright, which reflect the vast, open nature of the Nebraska Panhandle before intensive modern development. Rural life in the late 1940s is anchored by a network of numbered schoolhouses, including School No 7, School No 17, and School No 58, which served the scattered farming families of the region.

Water management and transportation are vital to this terrain, evidenced by the ephemeral pathways of North Branch Berea Creek and the South Branch of Rocks Creek. In the northeast corner, the C B and Q railroad cuts across the section lines, providing the essential link to larger markets. This map captures the essential rural infrastructure of a post-war Nebraska landscape, from isolated wells to the precise section-line roads that still govern the county's movement today.