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1955 Map of Benton

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Benton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Benton and Towanda anchor this mid-century landscape in Butler County, where the agricultural grid meets the growing infrastructure of the 1950s and 1970s. The Missouri Pacific railroad cuts a straight east-west path through the center of the sheet, serving as a primary corridor for the local economy. In the southern reaches, the Kansas Turnpike Road (Toll) and Badger Creek mark the transition toward more modern transit networks.

Evidence of the region's diverse development is found in the scattering of Oil Wells and a significant Oil Field to the northeast, contrasted by the presence of the Old Indian Boundary slicing through the southern townships. Local aviation is noted via the Nelson Landing Strip and Greer-Miller Landing Strip, while genealogical interest is found at the Benton Cem and Old Benton Cem. The drainage of the West Branch Whitewater River and its tributaries, like Wildcat Creek, dictates the undulating topography around these established settlements.