1951 Map of Litchfield SW

About this map

The tri-county junction of Custer, Sherman, and Buffalo Counties defines this rural landscape as it appeared in the early 1950s. This survey, part of the Missouri River Basin development program, reveals a dense network of one-room schoolhouses that served the surrounding agricultural sections. The distribution of institutions like Good Hope Sch, Oak Creek Sch, and Union Ridge Sch highlights the decentralized educational system of the era. Settlement patterns follow the draws and divides of the terrain, with Oak Creek and Dry Creek providing drainage through the hilly prairies. To the south, the community around Pleasant Valley Sch and the Pleasant Valley Ch stands as a primary social landmark. The presence of a small Cem and family-named schools like Brown Sch and Scott Center Sch offers significant value for genealogists tracing ancestors in these Central Nebraska townships.