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1958 Map of Willmar

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Willmar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Willmar serves as a bustling regional hub in this mid-century portrait of Kandiyohi County, its urban footprint expanding noticeably into the surrounding prairie. The city's landscape is dense with community infrastructure, from the High Sch and Jr High Sch to numerous neighborhood campuses like Lincoln Sch and Washington Sch. Beyond the city limits, the terrain transitions into a productive agricultural and conservation landscape, anchored by the National Waterfowl Production Area and the waters of Wagonga Lake.

Family history is deeply etched into the rural townships of Whitefield and Fahlun, where small settlements like Svea and isolated landmarks such as Sunny Side Sch and Hardanger Cem mark the heritage of the local farming community. The presence of multiple school districts, including School No 820 and School No 819, illustrates the distributed rural population before the consolidation of mid-century education systems.