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1963 Map of Tilden NW

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tilden NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Antelope County is defined here by the intersection of four townships: Custer, Willow, Neligh, and Elm. This early 1960s survey documents a dense network of local education, including Willowdale Sch and Black Lake Sch, alongside numbered landmarks such as School No 27 and School No 72. These small schoolhouses, spaced periodically across the grid, reflect the rural community structure of the Missouri River Basin development era.

Water features such as Rakow Lake and Black Lake provide breaks in the geometric field lines, while Willow Creek and Hopkins Creek drain the terrain. The topography reveals localized features like Dutch Hollow in the southeast, while the southern reaches near New England Valley Sch show the transitioning elevation typical of this Nebraska region. This document is particularly valuable for its notation of field and fence lines, capturing the specific agricultural boundaries of the mid-century.