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1963 Map of Wisner

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Wisner
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Wisner anchors this Cuming County landscape, established as a vital hub along the Chicago and North Western railroad during the early 1960s. The town sits just north of the meandering Elkhorn River, which is flanked by numerous oxbow formations including Kanes Lake, Woerdeman Lake, and Raabe Lake. The surrounding rural topography is organized into traditional townships like Wisner, Bismarck, and Elkhorn, reflecting the agricultural grid typical of eastern Nebraska.

Local history researchers will find a detailed distribution of rural infrastructure, from numerous numbered schools like School No 9 and School No 34 to the parochial St Johns Sch. The map also identifies important genealogical sites, including Wisner Cem and Salem Cem, set among the rolling hills between Sand Creek and the Rock Creek valley. Fine red dashed lines throughout the quadrangle provide an additional layer of data, indicating selected fence and field lines as they appeared during this post-war era.