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1968 Map of Beloit SW

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Beloit SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Mitchell County is defined here by the townships of Center, Bloomfield, and Round Springs. This 1968 field-checked survey reveals a rural network of farmsteads connected by section-line roads, with life centered around community landmarks like Pleasant View Ch and the Elmira Cem. The terrain is deeply etched by a series of waterways, including Leban Creek, Salt Creek, and Little Salt Creek, which create a complex drainage pattern across the central Kansas plains.

Industrial activity is evidenced by numerous scattered Quarries and Gravel Pits, particularly along the creek banks where natural deposits were accessible for local building and road materials. A unique detail of this edition is the inclusion of fine red dashed lines, which indicate selected fence and field lines as seen from 1965 aerial photography, providing an unusually granular view of mid-century land use and property boundaries in the region.