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1961 Map of Butler

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Butler
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Butler serves as the regional hub for this western Missouri landscape, centered on its courthouse and town square with a detailed street grid including Ohio St and Broadway. The Missouri Pacific railroad cuts a straight north-south line through the territory, passing the small settlement of Passaic and the nearby County Farm. This era shows a community expanding its infrastructure, evidenced by the Butler Airport, the Waterworks, and the Butler Recreational Lake at the southern edge of town.

The topography is defined by the drainages of Mound Branch and Willow Branch, which wind through the townships of Shawnee, Mount Pleasant, and Summit. Notable landmarks for genealogists include several rural burial grounds such as Nichols Cem and Glass Cem, alongside the large Oak Hill Cemetery and local congregations like Mt Olivet Ch. Natural elevations like Long Mound and Round Mound provide distinctive verticality to the otherwise steady prairie terrain.