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1953 Map of Walcott

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Walcott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The rural landscape of Scott and Muscatine counties is defined here by a dense network of district schools and the operations of the Chicago Rock Island And Pacific railroad. Local education is anchored by numerous named schoolhouses, including the Stockton Consolidated School, Prairie Grove School, and Nolo School, which served the farming townships of Fulton and Cleona. The 1970 photorevisions, marked in purple, highlight the growth of Walcott and Blue Grass as they expanded along their respective transportation corridors.

Surveyors from the Army Map Service recorded the area's transition into the late 20th century, noting the course of the historic Telegraph Road and the path of a Dismantled railroad near Pleasant Prairie. Small family and community landmarks like Parr Cemetery and Lamps Pond provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestors in this part of eastern Iowa. The terrain transitions into the rugged drainage of Smoky Hollow as it approaches the Mississippi River valley to the south.