1924 Map of Whitewater

About this map

The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad cuts a diagonal line through the glaciated landscapes of Jefferson, Walworth, and Waukesha Counties, connecting the prominent settlement of Whitewater to Palmyra. The map reveals a post-frontier Wisconsin characterized by scattered prairie settlements and a dense network of water features. To the north, the Bark River and Scuppernong River wind through low-lying marshlands and small hamlets like Rome and Hebron. In the south, the terrain becomes increasingly kettle-pocked, featuring numerous water bodies such as Whitewater Lake and the clustered Lauderdale Lakes. This 1924 edition, based on earlier surveys by H.L. McDonald and Van. H. Manning Jr., documents a landscape of agrarian transitions, where small mill sites like Heaths Mills remained distinct markers of local industry before the widespread consolidation of the modern era.