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1962 Map of Poynette

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Poynette
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Poynette stands at the center of this early 1960s landscape, where the agricultural flats of Arlington meet the glacial wetlands of Schoenberg Marsh. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad creates a diagonal axis through the terrain, connecting small rural centers like Morrisonville and Arlington. To the west, the Wisconsin River carves past Whites Bluff and Lib Cross Island, defining the boundary of Caledonia.

Institutional footprints are visible across the countryside, from the University of Wisconsin Experimental Farm to a network of local parish markers such as Arlington Prairie Ch and Evangelical Ch. Genealogists will find a high density of small family or community burial grounds, including the 100 Mile Grove Cem, Schofield Cem, and North Windsor Cem. The transition from the river bluffs to the open marshlands of Lowville reflects the diverse topography of this Columbia County region.