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1949 Map of Noonan SW

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Noonan SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The agricultural heart of Divide County is defined by a systematic grid of country schools and rural congregations in this late-1940s survey. The landscape is organized into civil townships including Blooming Valley, Hawkeye, Frazier, and Upland, each reflecting the homesteading legacy of the region. Local community life centered around places like Blooming Prairie Ch and Glenwood Ch, which provided essential social anchors for the surrounding farmsteads.

A notable density of educational landmarks characterizes this area, with multiple school districts represented by Bluffton No 2 Sch, Bluffton No 3 Sch, McCullough No 2 Sch, and Highland No 2 Sch. These labels, alongside McCullough No 3 Sch, offer specific locations for genealogists and local historians tracing the development of rural education before the era of school consolidation. The topography was meticulously recorded using plane-table methods in 1947, preserving the drainage patterns and terrain of the high plains.