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1960 Map of Rochester

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Rochester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

The Fox River meanders through this agricultural landscape, anchoring the village of Rochester and its surroundings during the mid-20th century. The map reveals a transition in land use, from the traditional rural schoolhouses like English Settlement Sch and Sunnyside Sch to the recreational development emerging around Eagle Lake and Browns Lake. The presence of the St Francis Monastery and the Rochester Cem provides specific points of interest for genealogists tracing local families.

A defining industrial and military feature of the era is the expansive footprint of the Richard Bong Air Force Base (Abandoned) in the southeastern corner, which contrasts sharply with the nearby drainage works of the Wind Lake Drainage Canal. The network of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and numerous Gravel Pits illustrate the infrastructure supporting the Racine and Kenosha county borderlands during this period of growth.