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2016 Map of Platteville

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Platteville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Platteville serves as the primary hub of this Southwest Wisconsin landscape, dominated by the campus of the Univ of Wisconsin-Platteville. The city is defined by its grid of streets, including Market St and Main St, and is surrounded by a network of rural cemeteries like Greenwood Cem and Calvary Cem. To the south, the topography transitions into a series of smaller agricultural settlements and valley hamlets.

The landscape is deeply etched by the drainage patterns of the Galena River and its many tributaries, including Rountree Br and Blockhouse Cr. These waterways carve through the terrain near the outlying communities of Bigpatch, Elmo, and Georgetown. The southern portion of the map is particularly detailed for genealogists, showing secluded burial grounds such as Smelser Cem and Old Elk Grove Cem near the boundary of Grant Co and Lafayette Co.