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1967 Map of Westbrook

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Westbrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Murray and Cottonwood Counties is centered on Westbrook, a community shaped by the presence of the Chicago and North Western railroad line. This late 1960s survey illustrates a region defined by its managed water systems and glacial remnants, including the expansive Snow Lakebed and the engineered Judicial Ditch No 3. These features, along with the Sewage Disposal Ponds and numerous Gravel Pits, highlight the local infrastructure required to support the prairie township's development.

Conservation and natural features provide a contrast to the geometric grid of roads and field lines, most notably seen in the National Wildlife Management Area west of town. The map tracks the southern flow of the Des Moines River and Highwater Creek, alongside a series of prairie lakes such as Lake Julia, Double Lake, and Bean Lake. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of a local Cemetery and the specific locations of a Park and Landing Strip offer precise points of interest within the broader sections of Dovray and Rose Hill townships.