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1906 Map of Lake Geneva

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Lake Geneva
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The glacial terrain of Walworth, Racine, and Kenosha counties is captured in high detail at the dawn of the twentieth century, defined by its complex network of lakes and drainage basins. Lake Geneva and Lake Como anchor the central-west region, while the Fox River snakes through Burlington, where the Wisconsin Central Railroad and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad establish the area as a critical transportation hub. Smaller rural settlements like Spring Prairie, Slades Corners, and Vienna dot the surrounding agricultural townships.

Waterways like the White River, Honey Creek, and Nippersink Creek reveal the natural flow of the landscape before the heavy modernization of later decades. For those looking at historical land use, the map clearly delineates the boundaries of Bloomfield, Lyons, and Wheatland, showing the placement of rural schools and family farms along routes that later became the backbone of the region's roadway system.