1900s (20th Century) Maps of Panama, Missouri

1. 1936 Map of Rich Hill

   

   1936 Rich Hill

   1936 Print · USGS

   Rich Hill and the surrounding river bottoms are captured here in the mid-1930s, during an era of transition for Missouri's coal country. Genealogists and local historians can trace rural school districts like Stone Gate Sch and Panama Sch, or locate family-named sites such as Philbrick Hills and the Jonnum Mines.

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4. 1947 Map of Lawrence, 1954 Print

   

   1947 Lawrence

   1954 Print · USGS

   Eastern Kansas and western Missouri thrive in the late 1940s, showing a landscape defined by major river valleys and a dense railway network. Genealogists can trace family settlements from Lawrence to Greenwood and locate landmarks like Olathe Navy and Lake Lotawana.

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7. 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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10. 1955 Map of Rich Hill

    

    1955 Rich Hill

    1955 Print · USGS

    Bates and Vernon Counties are captured here in the mid-1930s, showing a landscape shaped by coal mining and river bottomlands. Genealogists can trace rural school districts like Stone Gate Sch and old mining centers at Carbon Center and Monnum Mines.

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13. 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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16. 1961 Map of Lawrence

    

    1961 Lawrence

    1961 Print · USGS

    The Kansas-Missouri borderland shows its mid-century transition from a rail-dependent agricultural region to a suburbanizing landscape. Genealogists can trace family footprints through numerous Cem sites and distinctive terrain landmarks like Graves Mound and Summers Mound.

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19. 1963 Map of Rich Hill

    

    1963 Rich Hill

    1963 Print · USGS

    The confluence of the Osage and Little Osage rivers dominates this Bates County landscape in the mid-1930s. Researchers can locate vanished rural schools like Diamond Sch and Panama Sch or trace the early industrial footprint of Monnum Mines near Carbon Center.

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22. 1981 Map of Butler

    

    1981 Butler

    1981 Print · USGS

    Western Missouri and eastern Kansas settlements are documented here in the early eighties, as the river valleys were transitioning into major wildlife management areas. Genealogists can locate family names near Greenlawn Cem or trace the development of towns like Butler, Osawatomie, and Appleton City.

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25. 1991 Map of Rich Hill

    

    1991 Rich Hill

    1991 Print · USGS

    Bates and Vernon Counties were captured in the early nineties as a landscape of river bends and rural crossroads. Local historians can trace the foundations of Rich Hill and its surrounding communities, including Panama, Carbon Center, and the Harmony Sch site.

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