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2015 Map of Canton

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Canton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Canton serves as the primary hub for this central Kansas landscape, where a grid of rural roads named for native tribes and trails—such as Navajo Rd, Pawnee Rd, and Quivera Rd—defines the agricultural terrain. The town itself is compactly structured around Main St and Kansas Ave, with the nearby Township Cem and Jones Cem providing significant genealogical anchor points for researchers of McPherson County families.

Hydrological features dominate the outlying areas, particularly the McPherson County State Lake which is fed by Battle Cr. Multiple waterways including S Gypsum Cr and Running Turkey Cr traverse the township boundaries of T18S and T19S. The presence of the N Cottonwood River in the eastern section illustrates the vital water drainage patterns that have supported this prairie region's development into the 21st century.