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1965 Map of Arkansas City

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Arkansas City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The confluence of the Arkansas River and Walnut River anchors this 1965 survey of Arkansas City, Kansas. The town serves as a significant rail and industrial hub, defined by the crossing of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, St Louis San Francisco, and Midland Valley Missouri Pacific railroads. The map highlights the town's educational infrastructure, featuring Central Junior College alongside several neighborhood institutions like Willard Sch and Roosevelt Sch.

Beyond the urban core, the landscape reflects a mix of petroleum extraction and rural community life. The Canfield Oil Field and various sandpits suggest the local economy's reliance on natural resources, while the Old Indian Treaty Boundary cutting across the Bolton township provides a historical marker of earlier territorial divisions. To the south, near the Oklahoma border, isolated features like Mt Zion Ch and Hope Cemetery document the dispersed settlement patterns of Cowley County.