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1969 Map of Vermillion SE

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Vermillion SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Junction City and the surrounding plains of the Clay Co Union Co border are captured in this 1969 field survey. The landscape is defined by its agrarian infrastructure, specifically the network of rural schools and churches such as Walnut Grove Sch and St Marys Ch. The topography shifts between the high Prairie Center and Fairview uplands down toward the marshy lowlands of Big Brule Slough and Government Slough.

Transport and industry are centered in the southern portion of the quadrangle, where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad tracks run adjacent to local sandpits. Researchers can find numerous family-history sites, including the St Peters Cem and Ahlsborg Ch Cem, which anchor the small farming communities that flourished before the consolidation of these rural townships. Significant water features like Rose Lake and Brule Creek provide further landmarks for identifying property boundaries of the era.