1961 Map of Oregon

About this map

Dairy country and small-town institutional life define this corner of Dane County in the early 1960s. The village of Oregon serves as a focal point, showing the transition from agricultural land to more concentrated settlement patterns. A distinctive feature of the landscape is the Wisconsin School for Girls, a correctional facility located near the Oregon State Farm. The surrounding countryside in the townships of Fitchburg and Oregon is dotted with rural educational and religious sites, including Fitchburg Center Sch and several family or parish burial grounds such as Story Cem and Oak Hall Cem. The rail lines of the Chicago and North Western and Illinois Central cut through the terrain, connecting these farming communities to the wider region. Wetlands like Barney Swamp and the headwaters of Story Creek reveal the natural topography of the glacial landscape before further modern development altered these drainage patterns.