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2022 Map of Atchison East

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Atchison East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Missouri River winds through the heart of this landscape, carving a complex boundary between Atchison, Kansas, and Buchanan and Platte Counties in Missouri. On the western bank, the city of Atchison serves as a focal point, anchored by the Atchison County Courthouse and the sprawling campus of Benedictine College. The river's dynamic history is written in its numerous bends and oxbows, including Atchison Bend, Rushville Bend, and Doniphan Bend.

To the east, the Missouri side features low-lying wetlands and oxbow lakes such as Sugar Lake and Lewis and Clark Lake, adjacent to the small settlement of Lewis and Clark Village. The map serves as a vital resource for genealogists, documenting numerous local burial sites like Saint Benedicts Abbey Cem, Orphans Home Cem, and the Armstrong Cem. Evidence of the region's transport networks is clear in the Kansas Missouri railroad lines and early river-side settlements like Winthrop and Rushville.