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1963 Map of Morley

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Morley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Benton serves as a prominent focal point in this portion of Scott County, positioned at the edge of the upland terrain before the landscape drops into the engineered drainage of the lowlands. The transition from the elevations near New Hamburg to the flat, ditch-scored plains of Morley and Blodgett reveals a highly managed agricultural environment. This 1960s landscape is defined by its water management, with St Johns Ditch and Blue Ditch cutting across the survey to channel runoff away from the fertile valley floor.

Transportation and genealogy are well-represented, with the Missouri Pacific railroad corridor linking the smaller settlements. Local history is preserved through numerous burial sites like St Denis Cem and Hickory Grove Cem, while the industrial footprint includes a Sewage Disposal plant and the residential cluster at Hayward City. This survey captures the region just before later 1970s revisions, showing the established rural grid and the early development of Roadside Park.