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1958 Map of Willmar

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Willmar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Willmar serves as a thriving regional hub in the late 1950s, its urban grid expanding south of Foot Lake and north of the Drive-in Theater. The city's educational landscape is densely detailed, featuring the Lincoln Sch, Garfield Sch, and Washington Sch among several others. To the west, the Willmar Airport and the Great Northern rail lines mark the city as a center for transport and commerce.

Southward into Whitefield and Fahlun townships, the landscape shifts to a pattern of rural schoolhouses and cemeteries that anchor the agricultural community. Small settlements like Svea are depicted with their own local infrastructure, including the Svea Sch and Hardanger Cem. The presence of numerous named schools, such as Sunny Side Sch and School No 820, suggests a period when small neighborhood districts were still the backbone of local education before modern consolidation.