2018 Map of Swinns Valley

About this map

Arcadia sits at the base of a complex series of ridges and coulees in Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties, where the Trempealeau River flows through the southeastern corner of the landscape. The terrain is defined by its deep drainage patterns, with the high ground of Montana Ridge and Fountain City Ridge overlooking narrow, family-named valleys like Swinns Valley and Botana Valley. These corridors have long shaped the local geography, with roads such as Boland Valley Rd and Ziegeweid Valley Rd following the natural contours of the land. For genealogists, the map preserves the location of the Lower Montana Ridge Cem on the northern uplands. The distribution of named features like Riecks Valley and Joos Valley reflects the region's history of valley-bottom agricultural settlement beneath the steep bluffs of Glencoe Ridge.