1959 Map of Watertown

About this map

Watertown serves as the focal point of this late 1950s landscape, where the Rock River winds through the city before heading south toward Pipersville. The region is defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure, including numerous family-named schools and cemeteries that testify to the established farming communities of the mid-20th century. To the west, the Chicago And North Western railroad corridor parallels the river, while the Chicago Milwaukee ST Paul And Pacific line crosses the eastern half of the quadrangle through Ixonia.