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2015 Map of Washburn

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Washburn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Washburn sits along the western shoreline of Lake Superior, serving as a focal point for the region's coastal and rural geography. The town's grid extends toward Chequamegon Bay and Vandeventer Bay, where the shoreline landscape transitions from developed streets to the natural drainage of Bono Cr and Thompson Cr. To the north, the small settlement of Sioux marks the mouth of the Sioux River and its accompanying Sioux River Slough, a significant hydrological feature of the Lake Superior coast.

Further inland, the landscape rises toward the Chequamegon Heights, defined by a dense network of local roads such as Friendly Valley Rd and N Maple Hill Rd. Genealogists and local historians can find records of early residents at Woodlawn Cem and Calvary Cem, situated on the northern edge of the main settlement. The map documents the persistent rural township structure of T49N and T48N, where family-named routes like Cook Rd and Johnson Leino Rd provide clues to the area's mid-century land use and settlement patterns.