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1969 Map of Perkinstown

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Perkinstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The town of Perkinstown serves as a small hub for this 1969 survey of north-central Wisconsin, where the heavy woods of the Chequamegon National Forest dominate the landscape. This area is defined by a complex network of glacial kettle lakes and wetlands, including Hulls Lake, Kathryn Lake, and the remote Lake Nineteen. The presence of the Perkinstown Lookout Tower and a Radio Tower indicate the higher elevations used for forest management and communication during this era.

Legacy infrastructure is visible throughout the townships of Molitor and Grover, most notably the Railroad Grade winding through the timber. Local life centers on the Kathryn Lake Campground and the Perkinstown Cem, while the industrial footprint is limited to scattered resource extraction points like the Gravel Pit near Nancy Lake. The drainage of the South Fork Yellow River and Black River frames the region’s hydrology, which remained largely undeveloped outside of forest service roads and a few Jeep Trails.