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2012 Map of Canton

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Canton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Canton serves as the central hub for this portion of eastern McPherson County, where the grid-based agricultural landscape is defined by its seasonal waterways and energy production. The town itself is compactly organized around the McPherson County Fairgrounds and the local Post Office, with residential streets like Maple and Olive leading toward the open prairie. Surrounding the settlement, the extraction of natural resources is evident in the Paden Oil Field, Canton North Oil Field, and Jenday Oil Field, which punctuate the rural sections alongside family and community burial grounds such as Oakes Cem and Township Cem.

The terrain is drained by several meandering watercourses, including Running Turkey Cr, S Gypsum Cr, and the N Cottonwood River. In the northwest corner, the McPherson County State Lake stands as a significant hydrological feature. This 2012 survey illustrates the enduring patterns of Kansas land division, where long north-south thoroughfares like 27th Ave intersect with named routes like Pueblo Rd and Overland Rd to connect remote farmsteads and petroleum sites.