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1953 Map of Neillsville

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Neillsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Neillsville serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, situated at the confluence of O'Neill Creek and the Black River. The city's industrial and transportation ties are evident through the junction of the Chicago and North Western and an Old Railroad Grade that speaks to earlier logging or freight routes. To the north and west, the landscape is defined by glacial features and early 20th-century agrarian settlement, including distinctive landmarks like Neillsville Mounds and Christie Mound.

Educational and religious life is deeply mapped through an extensive network of rural schoolhouses, such as Uncle Sam Sch and Happy Hollow Sch, and community-specific sites like Willard National Cem and the Holy Family Ch in Willard. The presence of several sites marked as abandoned, including Prosperity Sch and Janesville Sch, suggests a shifting population pattern as the county's one-room schoolhouse era began to consolidate. Local industry is represented by scattered Gravel Pits and the Moraine Lookout Tower, highlighting the region's resource management.