1893 Map of Janesville

Outside the growing urban centers, the landscape is organized into a rigid grid of agricultural sections, dotted with smaller rural communities like Footville, Stevens, and Center. Natural drainage patterns provided by Bass Creek and Marsh Creek are meticulously documented, showing the transition from wetland to cultivated field. For those tracing local history, the map provides a clear view of the property divisions and small settlements that preceded the twentieth-century expansion of the region.