1971 Map of Allen

About this map

The town of Allen serves as the focal point of this rural Kansas survey, situated along the Missouri Pacific railroad line. The landscape is a study in transitional transport, showing the intersection of rail infrastructure with the modern Kansas Turnpike cutting through the southeastern corner. A significant historical marker, the Indian Treaty Boundary, runs north-to-south through Agnes City township, providing a clear cartographic link to the region's 19th-century land divisions. Local civic life is anchored by the Admire-Allen City Lake and Northern Heights High Sch, while numerous quarries and cemeteries like Allen Cem and Bushong Cem dot the terrain. Waterways such as One Hundred and Forty-two Mile Creek and Bluff Creek drain the undulating prairie, illustrating the drainage patterns that shaped early settlement in Lyon and Wabaunsee counties.