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1957 Map of Karlsruhe

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Karlsruhe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The small prairie community of Karlsruhe serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, situated along the Great Northern railroad line. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the Wintering River and the prominent Hogback Ridge to the south. Local life in this McHenry County region is marked by a network of rural schoolhouses, including School No 3, Hubbel Sch No 3, and several facilities already noted as abandoned by 1957, such as Hubbel Sch No 1.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the presence of SS Peter and Paul Ch and its accompanying SS Peter and Paul Cemetery, alongside the remote Stenso Cemetery. The terrain is scattered with numerous small water bodies and marshes, with Herrington Lake in the northeast corner and various gravel pits and a Claypit indicating the local extractive activity that supplemented the area's agricultural foundation during this era.