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1951 Map of Hoagland

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Hoagland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The North Fork Loup River valley defines this mid-century portrait of Logan County, where the southern portion of the map centers on the small settlement of Hoagland along the Union Pacific railroad line. The landscape reflects a ranching economy, documented through numerous family-named homesteads including the McGooden Ranch, Johnson Ranch, and Halstead Ranch. These ranching operations are interspersed among unique hydrographic features like Wild Horse Flats and isolated bodies of water such as Mudd Lake and Philpott Lake.

Educational life in the Sandhills is noted through rural locations like School No 12 and School No 30, while the terrain is marked by distinctive elevations like Shanklin Bluff. The survey captures the region just as post-war development in the Missouri River Basin was influencing the mapping of these Nebraska plains, showing the intersection of several county lines including Thomas, Blaine, and Custer.