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1955 Map of Burtville

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Burtville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Whiteman Air Force Base dominates the eastern landscape of this Johnson County quadrangle, showing the base as it appeared in the mid-1950s. Adjacent to the military facility, the natural terrain of Knob Noster State Park features a network of wooded branches and ponds, including Lake Buteo and Mallard Pond. The map captures a predominantly rural interior defined by the Clear Fork and its numerous tributaries such as Gribble Branch and Vinegar Branch.

Rural social centers are well-documented, from the small settlement of Burtville to local congregation sites like Oak Hill Ch and Pleasant Hill Ch. Educational history is preserved through the locations of the Floridonia Sch and several schools already noted as abandoned by 1955, including Prairie Home Sch and Brushy Sch. In the southern reaches, evidence of local industry appears near Owsley in the form of a Strip Mine.