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1966 Map of West Point SE

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of West Point SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Cuming County and Burt County farmlands are captured here during a mid-1960s survey, showing a landscape defined by its rural civic network. The map reveals a high density of country schools and churches that anchored these agricultural townships, such as West Side Ch and Salem Ch. The drainage patterns of Cuming Creek, Peterson Creek, and Willow Creek dictate the terrain, with many property lines following the section grid typical of the Great Plains.

Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous small burial grounds and numbered school districts preserved on the sheet. From Blomgren Cem and Pioneer Cem to facilities like School No 74 and School No 142, the map provides a specific look at the dispersed settlement pattern before many of these rural institutions consolidated. The eastern edge shows the straight course of the Dredge canal, contrasting with the natural meandering of Romberg Creek.