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1962 Map of Monroe

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Monroe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The county seat of Monroe serves as the focal point of this 1960s-era study, which was updated in the early 1980s to show urban expansion in purple tint. The city's civic and educational center is well-defined, featuring the Courthouse, Fairground, and several schools including St Victors Sch and the Jr High Sch. Radiating from the city, the Chicago Madison and Northern railroad line cuts through the landscape, alongside the winding paths of Honey Creek and Richland Creek.

South of the city, rural life is documented through a dense network of country schools like Enterprise Sch and Spring Creek Sch, and religious sites such as Stavers Ch. The southern edge of the sheet follows the Base Line and the border between Wisconsin and Illinois, where the terrain shifts from the developed streets of Clarno to the open recreational land of the Browntown-Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area.