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1957 Map of Pittsville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Pittsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Yellow River winds through the heart of Wood County, anchoring a landscape defined by its specialized agricultural and industrial heritage. During the late 1950s, the region around Pittsville and Babcock shows a distinct concentration of Cranberry Bogs and sand excavations, illustrating the unique drainage and soil requirements of the central Wisconsin marshlands. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad cuts a diagonal line across the terrain, serving these rural outposts and the cranberry industry.

Local history is preserved through a network of country schools such as Natwick Sch and Good Cheer Sch, along with several small burial grounds like Salem Cem. To the southwest, the South Bluff Lookout Tower overlooks the wooded stretches of Remington and Hiles. This survey reveals a community shaped by the water of Hemlock Creek and Cranberry Creek, where an Old Grade still marks the path of earlier transport routes.