1955 Map of Rugby

About this map

Rugby serves as the focal point of this 1950s survey, famously home to the Geographical Center of North America Monument. The town's grid is defined by the Great Northern railroad, which cuts through the northern landscape of Torgerson and Meyer townships. This map captures a rural educational system in transition, documenting active sites like School No 1 alongside several shuttered facilities, including Lincoln Sch No 2 (Abandoned) and Lincoln Sch No 3 (Abandoned). Outside the town limits, the terrain is dotted with numerous small wetlands and larger bodies like Gunderson Lake, reflecting the prairie pothole landscape of Pierce County. The presence of Little Flower Cem and multiple local schools across Tuscarora and Reno Valley provides essential landmarks for genealogists tracing early twentieth-century families in this agricultural region.