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1971 Map of Canton

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Canton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The town of Canton serves as a hub for both transportation and the energy industry in the early 1970s. Located at the intersection of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, the area is heavily defined by the Ritz-Canton Oil Field and the Jenday Oil Field, with numerous oil wells and a petroleum pipeline crossing the landscape.

Contrastingly, the northern portion of the map is dedicated to conservation and recreation within the Maxwell Game Refuge. This area includes the McPherson County State Lake and a prominent lookout tower atop the hills near Battle Hill. Local family history is preserved at several rural burial sites, including Oakes Cem and Jones Cem, while the United Center Sch highlights the distribution of community institutions in this rural Kansas landscape.