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1893 Map of Shopiere

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Shopiere
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

Clinton Junction serves as the industrial and transportation hub of this southern Wisconsin landscape, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad crosses the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The 1891 survey captures a period when the agrarian townships of Bradford, Turtle, and Clinton were closely integrated with the rail network. Small rural centers like Emerald Grove and Johnstown Center dot the landscape, while the village of Shopiere and the nearby Shopiere Depot highlight the distinction between older settlements and the newer rail-adjacent developments.

The meandering course of Turtle Creek cuts through the southern half of the quadrangle, passing through Allen Grove and providing a natural contrast to the rigid grid of township boundaries. This map is particularly valuable for genealogists and local historians, as it depicts the exact placement of individual farmsteads and road networks at the close of the 19th century, just as these communities reached their peak rural population.