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1956 Map of Weeping Water NE

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Weeping Water NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Eight Mile Grove and Mount Pleasant define the rural character of this mid-century landscape in Cass County. The area is characterized by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses that served the surrounding agricultural community, including Glendale Sch, Fairview Sch, and Sunnyside Sch. These local institutions were strategically placed among the rolling terrain and seasonal watercourses such as Turkey Creek and Bachelor Branch.

The eastern portion of the survey transitions toward the Rock Bluffs precinct, with Eightmile Creek winding through the countryside. Evidence of the early educational infrastructure is prominent, with Oxford Sch, Pleasant View Sch, and Pleasant Hill Sch providing specific geographic markers for genealogists and local historians tracking family homesteads in the Nebraska heartland during the 1950s.