1950s Maps of Kanwaka Township, Kansas

1. 1950 Map of Perry

   

   1950 Perry

   1950 Print · USGS

   The Kansas River valley at mid-century shows a landscape shaped by competing railroads and historic territorial boundaries. Genealogists can trace family roots through numerous sites like Big Springs Cemetery, Glenn Church, and the Young School.

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4. 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.

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7. 1950 Map of Williamstown

   

   1950 Williamstown

   1950 Print · USGS

   Jefferson and Douglas counties are captured here at the mid-century, defined by the sweeping curves of the Kansas River and a dense network of rural schools and rail lines. Researchers can trace the Old Indian Bdy, find family names at Holliday Cem, or locate the site of the Barker Sch.

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10. 1950 Map of Lawrence

    

    1950 Lawrence

    1950 Print · USGS

    Mid-century Kansas and Missouri come alive in this map of the river-valley corridors just as the interstate era was beginning. Researchers can trace the legacy of major rail lines like the Union Pacific RR and locate ancestral roots in towns from Lawrence to Harrisonville.

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13. 1950 Map of Lawrence West, 1964 Print

    

    1950 Lawrence West

    1964 Print · USGS

    Douglas County at the start of the 1950s shows the western growth of Lawrence and its rural hinterlands. Genealogists and local historians can trace many vanished rural landmarks, including the University of Kansas campus, Pioneer Cem, and Kanwaka Sch.

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16. 1950 Map of Grantville, 1964 Print

    

    1950 Grantville

    1964 Print · USGS

    The Kansas River valley at mid-century shows a landscape of busy rail lines and scattered rural schoolhouses. Researchers can trace the legacy of Grantville and Tecumseh along the Union Pacific tracks or locate the Frog Hatchery and Bethel Cem.

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19. 1951 Map of Lawrence West

    

    1951 Lawrence West

    1951 Print · USGS

    West of Lawrence in the early 1950s, the rural landscape of Douglas County was defined by its river valleys and numerous small school districts. Genealogists can locate family-named sites such as Shank Hill and Pioneer Cem, or trace early schools like Sigel Sch and Washington Creek Sch.

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22. 1951 Map of Grantville

    

    1951 Grantville

    1951 Print · USGS

    The Kansas River valley in the early fifties shows a landscape of busy rail lines and rural school districts across the Shawnee and Jefferson county lines. Trace family roots at the Grantville Cem or locate former landmarks like Dawson Sch and the Power Plant at Tecumseh.

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25. 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.

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28. 1955 Map of Clinton, 1956 Print

    

    1955 Clinton

    1956 Print · USGS

    Douglas County was a landscape of small schools and river valleys in the mid-1950s, just as the modern turnpike was arriving. Genealogists and local historians can locate Stull, Mound Cem, and several one-room schoolhouses like Apple Pie Sch.

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31. 1955 Map of Richland, 1956 Print

    

    1955 Richland

    1956 Print · USGS

    Richland and the surrounding prairie of eastern Shawnee County are captured here in the mid-1950s. Genealogists and local historians can trace rural family life through landmarks like Richland Cem, Salem Ch, and the Lyons Sch.

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34. 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.

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37. 1956 Map of Lawrence, 1967 Print

    

    1956 Lawrence

    1967 Print · USGS

    Eastern Kansas and the Missouri border country are captured here during the mid-century transition to the interstate era. Genealogists and local historians can trace family-named terrain like Summers Mound and the footprint of Sunflower Ordnance Works near Baldwin City.

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