1950 Map of Platteville

About this map

The South Platte River and its intricate network of irrigation canals define the landscape of central Weld County at the mid-century. This survey reveals a highly engineered agricultural valley where the river’s flow is diverted into numerous channels like Meadow Island Ditch No 2 and the Fulton Ditch to sustain the surrounding plains. The town of Platteville serves as the central hub, situated along the Union Pacific railroad corridor which also connects the smaller loading points and settlements of Maddux, Ione, and Vollmar. A notable historical marker on this map is the Site of Old Fort Vasquez, anchoring the region's 19th-century fur trading past to the modern surveyed grid. Local genealogical interest is found at St Francis Cemetery and Mizpah Cem, providing specific points of reference for families settled in this river-bottom territory.