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1950 Map of Linscott

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Linscott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Linscott sits at the northeastern corner of this mid-century survey, which documents a landscape defined by its network of rural educational districts across Custer County and Blaine County. The map reveals a highly decentralized pattern of settlement, where the social infrastructure is anchored by numerous small schoolhouses like Climax Sch, Gallington Sch, and Foote Sch. These sites serve as critical landmarks in an area otherwise characterized by sand-valley topography and intermittent watercourses such as Dry Creek.

Transportation is dominated by the Arnold Road, reflecting the necessity of connective routes between isolated farmsteads and school districts. The inclusion of features like Yucca Hill Sch and Eureka Valley Sch provides a precise spatial record for genealogists and local historians tracking family lands in the Nebraska Sandhills region during the late 1940s. The geography transitions between township divisions like Hayes and Arnold, showing the formal organization of this sparsely populated cattle country.