2015 Map of Beaver

About this map

The unincorporated community of Beaver sits at the intersection of the Barton and Russell county lines in the heart of Kansas wheat country. This landscape is defined by the gradual drainage of Beaver Cr and Goose Cr, where a strictly organized grid of rural roads like Michaelis Rd and Dubuque Ellsworth Rd facilitates agricultural transport. Several small cemeteries, including Saint Josephs Cem, Friends Cem, and Presbyterian Cem, are scattered across the townships, serving as primary touchstones for the area's genealogical history. The map illustrates the persistent 19th-century Public Land Survey System (PLSS) grid, which continues to dictate the placement of local thoroughfares and farmsteads well into the twenty-first century.