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1950 Map of Lynch

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Lynch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Lynch serves as the primary hub of this Boyd County landscape, situated along the Chicago and North Western rail line and north of the wide, braided Niobrara River. The map reveals a highly organized rural infrastructure in the mid-century, defined by a dense network of country schools including School No 56, School No 63, and School No 89. The terrain is deeply etched by watercourses like Ponca Creek and Whisky Creek, which transition into more complex river bottomlands near the Boyd Co and Holt Co boundary.

South of the river, the small settlement of Redbird sits near the confluence of Redbird Creek and Louse Creek. Local aviation is represented by Woolf Airport, a small facility east of Lynch, while the spiritual and genealogical history of the area is anchored by Highland Cem and Pleasant Hill Cem. The detailed topography illustrates the transition from the upland bluffs of Mullen and Bush down to the fertile river valleys.