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1968 Map of Barnes

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Barnes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Little Blue River winds through the borderlands of Washington and Marshall Counties, where the Missouri Pacific Railroad cuts across the rolling landscape of north-central Kansas. This late-1960s survey documents the valley just as the Tuttle Creek Reservoir begins to influence the hydrology of the area, notably near the town of Waterville. The topographic detail preserves the locations of several community landmarks, including the Townhall in Cottage Hill and numerous rural burial grounds such as Mound Cem and Harbaugh Cem.

The infrastructure of the era is clearly defined, from the Missouri Pacific rail line serving Barnes to the network of smaller watercourses like Coon Creek and Rolling Creek. The map provides a valuable record for those tracing local lineages or township history in Walnut and Lincoln townships, showing the distribution of farmsteads and rural infrastructure before further modernization of the state's highway system.