1904 Map of Port Washington

About this map

Port Washington serves as the focal point of this coastal survey, where the grid of the town meets the harbor and a prominent L.h. (lighthouse) on the shores of Lake Michigan. The landscape is defined by the parallel paths of industrial progress and natural waterways, as the Milwaukee River and Cedar Creek wind southward toward Grafton and Cedarburg. These river corridors are shadowed by major transportation arteries, including the Chicago and Northwestern RR and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul RR (Superior Division), which facilitated the movement of goods and people between rural outposts and the growing harbor. Inland, smaller agrarian settlements like Holy Cross, Belgium, and Ulao are dispersed across the township divisions of Saukville and Fredonia, reflecting a period of established settlement before modern suburban expansion transformed the Ozaukee County shoreline.