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2019 Map of Villard

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Villard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Villard sits at the junction of several county highways, serving as a focal point for the surrounding agricultural and lakeside landscape of Pope County. The area is defined by a chain of water bodies, including the large basins of Villard Lake and Amelia Lake, which are connected to a broader network of drainage and natural flows like the E Br Chippewa River. The human footprint is most visible through a dense grid of township and county roads, reflecting the region's long-established farming heritage and rural development.

Genealogists and local historians can find significant landmarks across the terrain, notably the numerous burial sites such as Lake Leven Cem, Saint Johns Cem, and Calvary Cem. To the southwest, the outskirts of Glenwood appear near the Glenwood Municipal Airport, while an extensive system of man-made waterways like Judicial Ditch Number Four and County Ditch Number Twentyeight illustrates the historical effort to manage the local prairie-pothole hydrography for cultivation.