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1980 Map of Randolph

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Randolph
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Agricultural life and rail transport define this 1980 survey of the borderlands between Columbia and Dodge Counties. Two major rail corridors, the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, intersect the landscape, linking the village of Randolph with neighboring Cambria and Friesland. These tracks follow the natural contours of the land, carving through a region marked by numerous wetlands and the headwaters of the Fox River and Duck Creek.

Local heritage is anchored by several rural burying grounds, including Blaen Y Cae Cem and Cambria Cem, which suggest the deep roots of the area's Welsh and Dutch immigrant communities. Educational and religious life centers on the Randolph Christian Sch in East Friesland. The landscape is further characterized by small-scale industrial activity like various Gravel Pits, situated among a dense network of family-named rural routes such as Posthuma Road and Hollnagel Road.