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1959 Map of Atchison West

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Atchison West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Atchison serves as the focal point for this western quadrangle, where the urban street grid of Main St and 10th St gives way to the agricultural landscape of Atchison County. The area is notable for its legacy of aviation and local education, anchored by the Amelia Earhart Airport and Amelia Earhart Stadium. The landscape is etched with the drainage patterns of White Clay Creek and Brewery Creek, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cutting southwest toward Parnell.

For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is exceptionally dense with rural community markers. A string of country schools, including Good Intent Sch, Float Sch, and Shannon Hill Sch, reveal the settlement density of the mid-20th century. Religious and memorial sites like Camp Creek Ch, Mt Vernon Cemetery, and Alderson Cem provide specific anchors for family research in the townships of Lancaster, Shannon, and Mount Pleasant.