1962 Map of Poole NE

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Antelope Valley and the surrounding Buffalo County tablelands are defined here by a network of rural schoolhouses and neighborhood churches established during the peak of the region's agricultural development. The landscape is segmented into civil townships including Garfield, Cherry Creek, Schneider, and Gardner. This 1962 survey reveals a deeply settled rural community, where landmark institutions like St Wenceslaus Ch and United Brethren Ch served as central gathering points for farm families. Local history is etched into the terrain through the preservation of the Sodtown Cem and Moss Cem, while the numbering of school sites such as School No 59 and School No 48 provides a spatial record of the early public education system across the prairie. Waterways like Sweet Creek and Prairie Creek meander through the sections, dictating the placement of farmsteads and rural routes.