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1942 Map of Red Cloud

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Red Cloud
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Republican River meanders across the southern portion of this Nebraska landscape, serving as a vital geographic anchor for the town of Red Cloud. In the early 1940s, the rural character of Webster County was defined by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses and country parishes, such as the St Stevens Ch and Zion Ch. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad parallels the river, connecting the primary settlement at Red Cloud with the community of Inavale to the west.

Genealogists will find exceptional detail in the placement of numerous district schools, including the uniquely named Poor Farm Sch and North Star Sch. The map also meticulously records several burial grounds like Zion Cem and New Virginia Cem, which are essential for tracing early prairie families. North of the river, the township of Catherton shows a landscape deeply partitioned into a grid of section lines and small creeks like Crooked Creek and Elm Creek.