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1906 Map of Waukesha

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Waukesha
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

About this map

The Waukesha county seat and its surrounding townships appear at a pivotal moment of rail-driven expansion at the dawn of the twentieth century. The landscape is a dense network of steam and electric lines, including the Wisconsin Central Railroad and the Electric R.R., which connected early industrial hubs and residential enclaves. Settlements like Menominee Falls and Lannon are clearly defined alongside smaller, rural points of interest such as Freistadt and South Germantown.

Hydrological patterns dictate the layout of the region, from the headwaters of the Fox River in the west to the Menomonee River system in the east. Numerous small lakes, including Bark Lake and Amy Belle Lake, dot the northern reaches in the Town of Richfield. This survey details the transition of the Milwaukee hinterland from a series of isolated post offices like Brookfield P.O. into a more integrated suburban and industrial corridor anchored by Wauwatosa and North Greenfield.