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1907 Map of Nebraska City

Name: 1907 Topographic Map of Nebraska City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

The Missouri River serves as the focal point for this early twentieth-century survey, dividing Nebraska from Iowa and Missouri. Nebraska City dominates the landscape as a significant regional hub, its grid layout sitting just west of the river's bend and north of Morton Park. The map reveals a high density of rural infrastructure, particularly the network of local schools like Belmont School and Hazel Dell School, which provided education to the surrounding farming communities.

Transport is defined by several rail lines, including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR and the Missouri Pacific RR, which connect settlements such as Wyoming and Julian. The terrain is deeply carved by watercourses like North Table Creek and South Table Creek, while the eastern floodplain features significant drainage and wetland features like Mule Slough Ditch and the Peru Swamp. Religious life is noted at St Lukes Church near the southern border.