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1969 Map of Centralia

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Centralia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Centralia serves as the primary hub of this late 1960s Kansas landscape, situated where the Missouri Pacific railroad cuts across the northern plains of Nemaha and Marshall counties. The town's grid is established north of the Black Vermillion River, which winds through the terrain alongside significant drainage systems like Mulberry Creek and French Creek. This survey reveals a transition from the agricultural plateaus of Home and Neuchatel townships down into the wooded river bottoms.

Local history and genealogy are well-preserved through the inclusion of the Centralia Cem and Mulberry Cem, alongside a small Landing Strip north of town. The map provides a clear look at the early township boundaries, including Lincoln and Center, showing the distribution of rural farmsteads and the transport network that supported this grain-growing region before modern consolidation changed the rural footprint.