1973 Map of Woonsocket

About this map

Woonsocket serves as the focal point of this Sanborn County landscape, where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad bisects the prairie. The town's layout is defined by its proximity to water and recreation, featuring the City Park and a local Golf Course. To the south, the terrain transitions into the Mc Coy Lake State Public Shooting Area surrounding McCoy Lake, illustrating the regional importance of managed wetlands and public hunting grounds. For genealogists and local historians, several burial sites are documented, including St Wilfrid Cem, Eventide Cem, and the more remote Forstner Cem to the southwest. The presence of an Old RR Grade and numerous Gravel Pits reflects the local infrastructure and resource extraction common in this part of South Dakota during the early 1970s.