1924 Map of Whitewater

About this map

Whitewater serves as the primary hub in this early twentieth-century landscape, where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad cuts diagonally through a mosaic of glacial wetlands and prairies. The map details a hydro-connected economy, with Heaths Mills and Rome established along the Bark River, while the Scuppernong River winds through the central marshes toward Palmyra. In the southern portion of the sheet, the clustering of settlements like Heart Prairie and Lagrange against the complex shoreline of the Lauderdale Lakes reflects the region's early transition from agricultural frontiers to recreational destinations. Genealogists will find interest in the distinct township boundaries of Hebron and Sullivan, alongside small, scattered communities like Little Prairie and Adams that supported the rural dairy and milling industries of the era.