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1964 Map of Canton SW

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Canton SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

La Valley and Dayton townships define the landscape of this Lincoln County region during the mid-1960s, a period when the rural schoolhouse system remained a visible fixture of the prairie. The map reveals an exceptionally high density of local educational sites, including La Valley Sch, Prairie Grove Sch, Sunnyside Sch, Bailey Sch, Kerley Sch, Lantaff Sch, Wiggin Sch, and School No 56. These institutions, alongside the Grand Valley Ch and Forest Hill Cemetery, highlight the dispersed but organized social fabric of these farming communities.

Transportation is anchored by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad, which cuts across the townships of Lynn and Canton. The drainage of Beaver Creek and its tributaries, including the South Fork Beaver Creek, creates a series of gravel deposits marked by numerous Gravel Pits and a Gravel Pit. This survey captures the area just as modern infrastructure began to overlay the traditional section-line road network.