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1951 Map of Willard

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Willard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The high plains of Northeastern Colorado are defined here by the rugged Pawnee Hills and the winding course of Pawnee Creek. Located along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, the small settlement of Willard serves as the focal point for this rural landscape at the start of the 1950s. The map illustrates a transitional irrigation economy, showing both active infrastructure like the North Sterling Canal and defunct features such as the Riverside Canal (Aban'd) and various irrigation ditches.

Genealogists and local historians can locate the Prairie Lawn Cemetery west of the town site and the Pawnee Valley School positioned near the edge of the Pawnee Valley. This 1951 survey, part of the Missouri River Basin development program, meticulously records the complex drainage of Sand Creek and the numerous windmills that sustained livestock and homesteads across the Logan and Morgan County lines.