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1907 Map of Sun Prairie

Name: 1907 Topographic Map of Sun Prairie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

About this map

Koshkonong Creek and Waterloo Creek meander through a landscape defined by glacial drumlins and wet lowlands in this early twentieth-century portrait of eastern Dane County. The settlement pattern is anchored by thriving rail hubs, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul RR serves Sun Prairie, Deansville, and Marshall, while the Chicago and Northwestern RR links Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and London. These corridors illustrate the vital connection between agricultural hinterlands and regional markets before the era of modern highways.

Local landmarks such as Liberty Mound and the expansive Brazee Swamp provide distinct terrain markers for genealogists and local historians. Smaller hamlets like Hope, Nora, and Vilas appear alongside rural crossroads such as York Center, showing the density of small-scale community life at the turn of the century. In the southeast corner, Cambridge sits at the edge of the sheet, connected by the drainage of Mud Creek and the marshy shores of Goose Lake.