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1949 Map of Knapp

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Knapp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Eau Galle River corridor and its surrounding uplands define this mid-century view of the borderlands between St. Croix and Pierce counties. In the post-war years, the landscape was a dense network of rural school districts and community churches serving small dairy farms and villages. The Chicago and North Western railroad cuts across the northern terrain, connecting the settlements of Hersey, Wilson, and Knapp.

Detailed mapping shows a high density of local education centers like Meadow Brook Sch and Pine Cooley Sch, many of which were the social anchors of their respective townships. Geographic landmarks such as Highland Ridge and Miller Hill rise above the branching tributaries of Cady Creek and Wilson Creek, illustrating the complex drainage patterns that shaped local road development and early property lines.