1969 Map of Valparaiso SW

About this map

Oak Creek and its various tributaries, including Bates Branch and Wagon Tongue Creek, define the landscape of this rural Nebraska quadrangle. In the late 1960s, this area served as a crossroads for four counties—Butler, Saunders, Seward, and Lancaster—creating a complex web of jurisdictional boundaries across the agricultural terrain. The Union Pacific railroad corridor cuts through the northern section, following the natural path provided by the creek valley. Local education is represented by the Oak Ridge Sch in the eastern hills, while resource extraction is noted at a Quarry near the southern map edge. A distinct hydraulic feature, the Flowing Well, is marked in the central valley, indicating the importance of groundwater in this productive prairie region. The map captures a moment of established rural infrastructure just before modernization changed the local school and rail networks.