1969 Map of Nora

About this map

The small settlement of Nora serves as the central point of this southeastern South Dakota landscape, surveyed in the late 1960s. The region is defined by a dense network of local schools and churches that once anchored these rural townships, including Nora Sch, Star Sch, and St Josephs Ch near Emmet. The topography is shaped by the drainage of Brule Creek and its forks, W Brule Creek and E Brule Creek, which carve through the townships of Emmet, Alcester, and Big Springs. This map is particularly notable for its documentation of early education infrastructure before district consolidation, preserving the locations of Ludwig Sch, Garland Sch, and North Spink Sch alongside family and community burial grounds like Peace Cem and Nora Cem.