1950 Map of Swanville

About this map

Swanville stands as a central hub at the junction of the Soo Line and Northern Pacific railroads, anchoring a landscape defined by an intricate network of lakes and small agricultural communities. This 1950 survey reveals the rural character of the borderlands between Todd, Morrison, and Stearns counties, where the Swan River and Two Rivers drain a terrain dotted with glacial features like the Big Marsh. The map provides significant genealogical value, documenting numerous numbered schoolhouses, such as School No 65 and School No 94, alongside local civic landmarks like the Culdrum Town Hall and Elmdale Town Hall. From the lakeside community of Pleasant Beach on Birch Lake to the scattered parishes and cemeteries like the GAR Cemetery near Burtrum, the document captures a mid-century period of settled dairy country and small-town life in central Minnesota.