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1961 Map of Stoughton

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Stoughton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The city of Stoughton anchors this 1961 survey, situated along a sharp bend of the Yahara River in southern Dane County. This edition highlights the town's growth into the early 1980s, noting the urban expansion in purple around institutional landmarks like the Martin Luther Childrens Home and St Anna Sch. Downstream, the small community of Dunkirk and the nearby Hanerville reflect the rural township character that defines much of Pleasant Springs and the surrounding farmland.

Water dominates the northwest corner of the map, where Lake Kegonsa meets the shore at Williams Point and Lake Kegonsa State Park. Transportation patterns are clearly visible, from the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad line bisecting the city to the Stoughton Airfield located east of the downtown core. For genealogists, the map is particularly useful for locating several rural burial grounds, including Riverside Cem and Wheeler Prairie Cem.