Old Maps of Fairview, Kansas

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Fairview, KS maps

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  1. 1888 Map of Hiawatha
    1888 Map of Hiawatha
    1888 Hiawatha
    1888 Print · USGS
    Northeast Kansas in the late 1880s was a bustling corridor of competing rail lines and established tribal lands. Researchers can trace the path of the Kansas Central Railroad and locate early settlements like Powhattan, Baker, and Wetmore.

  2. 1894 Map of Hiawatha
    1894 Map of Hiawatha
    1894 Hiawatha
    1894 Print · USGS
    Northeastern Kansas was a bustling intersection of tribal lands and iron rails in the late nineteenth century. Genealogists and historians can trace the early development of Hiawatha, the boundaries of the Kickapoo Indian Reservation, and rail stops like Netawaka or Berwick.
    4 unique versions available

  3. 1950 Map of Kansas City
    1950 Map of Kansas City
    1950 Kansas City
    1950 Print · USGS
    Mid-century Kansas and Missouri are captured here during a period of industrial growth and shifting transportation. Genealogists and historians can trace rail lines like the Wabash RR or locate ancestral homes near the Potawatomi Indian Reservation and Horton.

  4. 1954 Map of Kansas City
    1954 Map of Kansas City
    1954 Kansas City
    1954 Print · USGS
    The Missouri-Kansas borderlands flourished in the post-war era as river commerce and rail networks converged at the Missouri River. Genealogists and historians can trace the foundations of Kansas City and smaller rural hubs like Hiawatha or Sabetha.

  5. 1956 Map of Kansas City, 1967 Print
    1956 Map of Kansas City, 1967 Print
    1956 Kansas City
    1967 Print · USGS
    The Kansas-Missouri border region thrived during the mid-fifties, centered on the growing metropolitan cores and the busy river valleys. Researchers can trace the layout of significant government sites like Fort Leavenworth and the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.
    4 unique versions available

  6. 1960 Map of Kansas City
    1960 Map of Kansas City
    1960 Kansas City
    1960 Print · USGS
    Mid-century Kansas and Missouri meet at the river forks, showing a sprawling rail-and-river economy during the 1950s growth era. Genealogists and researchers can trace tribal lands like the Kickapoo Indian Reservation or follow the early interstate corridors through Saint Joseph and Independence.
    3 unique versions available

  7. 1960 Map of Fairview, 1961 Print
    1960 Map of Fairview, 1961 Print
    1960 Fairview
    1961 Print · USGS
    Brown County's agricultural heartland is documented here at the start of the 1960s, showing a landscape defined by rail and river. Researchers can trace the path of the CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC or locate family sites like Lambertson Cem and the OLD INDIAN BOUNDARY.

  8. 1985 Map of Atchison
    1985 Map of Atchison
    1985 Atchison
    1985 Print · USGS
    Northeast Kansas at the mid-eighties shows a landscape of river-bend towns and expansive tribal lands during a period of steady agricultural and rail activity. Local researchers can locate family sites at Mt Hope Cemetery, trace the grounds of Highland College, or explore the limits of the Kickapoo Indian Reservation.

  9. 1990 Map of Atchison
    1990 Map of Atchison
    1990 Atchison
    1990 Print · USGS
    Northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri meet at the winding Missouri River in this late twentieth-century record of a historic border region. Researchers can trace the paths of the Pony Express Trail and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway while locating landmarks like St Benedicts College and Mount Vernon Cem.

  10. 2009 Map of Fairview, 2009 Print
    2009 Map of Fairview, 2009 Print
    2009 Fairview
    2009 Print · USGS
    Covers Fairview, including Powhattan, Brown County, and other nearby areas

  11. 2012 Map of Fairview, 2012 Print
    2012 Map of Fairview, 2012 Print
    2012 Fairview
    2012 Print · USGS
    Covers Fairview, including Powhattan, Brown County, and other nearby areas

  12. 2015 Map of Fairview, 2015 Print
    2015 Map of Fairview, 2015 Print
    2015 Fairview
    2015 Print · USGS
    Covers Fairview, including Powhattan, Brown County, and other nearby areas

  13. 2018 Map of Fairview, 2018 Print
    2018 Map of Fairview, 2018 Print
    2018 Fairview
    2018 Print · USGS
    Covers Fairview, including Powhattan, Brown County, and other nearby areas

  14. 2023 Map of Fairview, 2023 Print
    2023 Map of Fairview, 2023 Print
    2023 Fairview
    2023 Print · USGS
    Fairview and Powhattan anchor this Brown County landscape as it appeared in the early twenty-first century. Genealogists and local historians can locate numerous rural burial sites including Lambertson Cem, Old Fairview Cem, and Comet Cem.

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