1951 Map of Bird City South

About this map

The agrarian landscape of northwest Kansas is captured here in the early 1950s, centered around the township of Bird City. The map reveals a highly organized rural infrastructure, where nearly every township section is served by a local landmark, typically a country school or a small burial ground. From the northern reaches near Cheyenne Valley Sch to the southern boundaries of Voltaire and Shermanville, the grid of section lines is punctuated by essential community nodes like Glendale Sch and Prairie View Sch. Drainage for this high-plains terrain is provided by the meandering courses of Little Beaver Creek and Sand Creek, which cut across the geometric regularity of the survey lines. This map is particularly valuable for tracing early mid-century property and family locations, as evidenced by several named cemeteries including Wheeler Cem and Sunnyside Cem.