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1954 Map of Albion West

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Albion West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Albion serves as the focal point of this mid-century landscape, positioned where the hills meet the valley of Beaver Creek. The town's layout is well-documented, showing the central Courthouse, City Hall, and Hospital alongside local institutions like the High Sch and Albion Cem. Outside the residential core, the map captures a period of civic infrastructure including the Fairground, the Country Club, and the Albion Muni Airport to the northwest.

The rural surroundings reveal an earlier era of transport through the presence of an Old Railroad Grade that parallels the creek. Moving further west, the terrain becomes increasingly dissected by numerous draws and ridges, drained by Plum Creek and marked by the isolated Beaver Valley Sch. This survey reflects the post-war development in the Missouri River Basin, detailing the transition from organized town streets to the high plains ranching and farming landscape of Boone County.