1957 Map of Holy Cross

About this map

Dubuque County’s agricultural heartland is documented here in the mid-1950s, centered on the village of Holy Cross. The landscape is defined by the winding drainages of the North Fork Little Maquoketa River and the Middle Fork Little Maquoketa River, which carve through the townships of Concord and Jefferson. A striking pattern of rural transition is evident in the numerous educational landmarks marked as abandoned, including the Flanagan Sch, Floyd Sch, and Tivoli Sch. These sites, alongside active hubs like Rickardsville and Bankston, reveal a consolidating rural community where one-room schoolhouses were giving way to larger districts. The map also identifies local cemeteries and the Bankston Sch, providing critical data for genealogists tracing family footprints across these rolling farmsteads.