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1949 Map of Vayland SW

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Vayland SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Spring Lake anchors the southeastern landscape of this rural Hand County survey, where the prairie is organized into the townships of Logan, Highland, and Pleasant Valley. The map reveals a highly structured educational system of the mid-century era, with rural schoolhouses such as McCool Sch, Keck Sch, and Lake View Sch spaced systematically across the township sections. These locations, along with the Pleasant Valley Ch, served as the primary social nodes for the surrounding farming families.

At the small settlement of Danforth, the layout reflects a remote agrarian hub near the border of the township. Genealogists and historians will find value in the specific placement of these vanished or transformed community landmarks, including a small Cem and family-named schools like Kintigh Sch and Nelson Sch, which speak to the density of the rural population before later regional consolidation.