1949 Map of Stillwater

About this map

The St Croix River corridor forms the focal point of this late-1940s survey, illustrating the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin. While much of the quadrangle is labeled as an Unmapped Area, the eastern riverbank reveals the established communities of North Hudson and Houlton. The river widens into Lake St Croix at the southern end of the sheet, where a notable Tower and the Boy Scout Camp sit along the shoreline. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of the Houlton Cem and the residential clusters in St Joseph and Hudson townships provides valuable evidence of mid-century settlement patterns before the extensive suburban development of the Twin Cities region reached this borderland.