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1950 Map of Pishelville

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Pishelville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The Niobrara River creates a braided waterway and broad valley as it winds through this portion of Knox County. Along its southern banks, the small settlement of Pishelville sits near the mouth of Pishel Creek, while Pishelville Island splits the river's flow just downstream. The landscape is defined by the transition from the river bottom to higher ground marked by landmarks such as Stony Butte, where the rural topography is dotted with family and community anchors of the early 1950s.

Local infrastructure reflects a network of one-room schoolhouses and remote cemeteries scattered across townships like Western and Bohemia. Genealogists and historians can trace the locations of Meadowville Sch, Stony Butte Sch, and Cottonwood Row Sch, as well as the National Cem and Riverview Cem. These small nodes of activity, alongside the tiny hamlets of Dukeville and Jelen, illustrate the agricultural and social organization of the Nebraska prairie during the mid-century Missouri River Basin development era.