1960 Map of Chester

About this map

The borderlands of Thayer County, Nebraska, and Republic County, Kansas, are defined here by a landscape of grain farming and local drainage into Rose Creek and Dry Creek. Centered on the town of Chester, the map shows a 1960s agricultural environment anchored by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, which runs through the heart of the settlement. The survey illustrates the rural infrastructure of the mid-20th century, including several one-room schoolhouses like Belvidere View Sch and School No 77, which were already becoming relics of a disappearing educational system. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several local burial grounds, including the Chester Cem, St Johns Cem, and Hubbell Cem, located near the village of Hubbell along the southern edge of the quadrangle.