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1954 Map of Marshfield

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Marshfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The growing city of Marshfield serves as the central hub for this mid-century survey of Wood and Marathon Counties. The urban grid is dense with institutional landmarks, including St Josephs Hospital, the University of Wisconsin Experimental Farm, and the County Asylum. Outside the city, the landscape is defined by an extensive network of rural schools—such as Woodland Echo Sch, Golden Glow Sch, and Dodge Sch (Abandoned)—reflecting the distributed dairy farming communities of the era.

Rail transport remains vital to the regional economy, with the Chicago and North Western and Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie lines converging in the city and serving outlying villages like Auburndale and Arpin. The terrain is characterized by the McMillan Swamp to the north and numerous meandering waterways like the Eau Pleine River and Mill Creek, which shaped the early development of townships such as Lincoln and Richfield.