1890 Map of Stoughton

About this map

Stoughton and Edgerton serve as the primary hubs of this late-nineteenth-century landscape, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad bridges the gap between the Yahara River and Rock River valleys. The terrain is defined by its glacial history, with marshes and small kettle lakes like Sweet Lake and Turtle Lake scattered between the drumlins. Small agricultural and milling communities such as Cooksville, Stebbinsville, and Fulton are linked by a dense network of early roads, reflecting the established rural settlement of Dane and Rock counties. The shoreline of Lake Kegonsa and the western edge of Lake Koshkonong provide distinctive natural boundaries for this survey, which preserves the footprints of vanished hamlets and the precise path of nineteenth-century rail lines that fueled the region's early growth.