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1943 Map of Altoona

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Altoona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Altoona and Buffalo serve as the primary hubs in this Wilson County landscape, where the Verdigris River and its tributaries dictate the layout of rural life. Surveyed in the late 1930s, the map reveals a dense network of country schools and small churches that anchored these farming communities before mid-century consolidation. Named schools like Ninety Nine Sch, Sorghum Valley Sch, and Baker Valley Sch appear at nearly every section interval, highlighting the localized nature of education at the time.

Transport is defined by the Missouri Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, which connected smaller sidings like Roper and Rest to wider markets. Distinctive landmarks such as Barnhill Bridge and the scout camp at Camp Gamble offer specific points of interest for local historians, while features like Three Mounds and Long Mound provide navigational context across the varied terrain of Pleasant Valley.