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1964 Map of Rutland SE

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Rutland SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

A landscape of prairie depressions and low rises characterizes this corner of Moody County in the mid-1960s. The region is largely organized into civil townships including Fremont, Jefferson, and Riverview, where a grid of rural section roads links isolated family farms and community anchors. These social centers are small but vital, represented by locations such as the Whaley Sch and rural congregations at Wellman Ch and Midway Ch.

Surface water is concentrated in natural basins like Mud Lake, while the topography itself is marked by numerous small, un-named wetlands and marshy pockets typical of the glaciated plains. For local historians and genealogists, the map provides precise locations for burial grounds including Mt Auburn Cem and Martinson Cem, which serve as lasting markers of the area's early settlement patterns. This survey also records the industrial footprint of the time, noting a Gravel Pit near the border of Clare township.