2018 Map of Altamont

About this map

Altamont serves as the central hub of this Labette County landscape, where a precise grid of residential streets like W Wells St and Wabash Ave gives way to the expansive agricultural sections of southeastern Kansas. The distribution of small family and community burial grounds across the township suggests a long history of local settlement, from Hopewell Cem in the northwest to Wooden Cem in the south. The terrain is defined by the gentle drainage patterns of Richland Cr, Deer Cr, and Spring Cr, which meander through the sections. While modern road designations like 14000 Rd and Jackson Rd now dominate the map, they follow the original section lines of the Public Land Survey System, preserving the 19th-century organization of the Kansas prairie.