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1959 Map of North Cape

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of North Cape
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

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Agricultural lands at the borders of Racine, Milwaukee, and Waukesha Counties define this late-1950s landscape. Small rural centers like Union Church and North Cape anchor the community, surrounded by a dense network of country schools that include Drought Sch, Deremer Sch, and East Cape Sch. This pattern reflects a mid-century period before significant suburban expansion, where the geography was still dictated by township lines like Norway and Raymond.

The northeastern corner is marked by the U S Military Reservation near the Milwaukee County line, while natural and modified water features like Muskego Lake and its Spillway 771 dominate the northwest. A series of numbered section roads, including Sixmile Road and Twomile Road, provide a rigid grid for the dairy farms and small industry, such as the Claypit near North Cape and a Gravel Pit further north. Historical burial grounds, notably Salem Cem and McPherson Cem, remain as lasting markers of the area's early settlement families.