1958 Map of Pierpont
USGS Topo · Published 1960About this map
Pierpont anchors this northeastern South Dakota landscape in the late 1950s, serving as a vital rail hub where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts through the prairie. The town's grid is clearly defined just north of Pierpont Lake, which is surrounded by the Pierpont Lake Recreation Area. This map reveals a distributed rural community structure typical of the era, marked by a high density of one-room schoolhouses such as School No 180, Union Prairie Sch, and School No 142. These numbered schools, along with the numerous small ponds and depressions dotting the townships of Union, Bristol, and Andover, illustrate the post-war agricultural landscape before school consolidation and modern drainage changed the face of the Great Plains.
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Editions of this 1958 Pierpont Map
This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
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