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1964 Map of Clay Center NW

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

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Republican River carves a winding path through the heart of Clay County, defining the agricultural landscape of Sherman and Blaine townships in the mid-1960s. The settlement of Morganville serves as a local hub along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, which parallels the river valley. To the southeast, the outskirts of Clay Center reveal the civic and recreational infrastructure of the era, including the Clay Center Municipal Airport, a Drive-in Theater, and the county Courthouse.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the rural cemetery locations, such as Swedesburg Ch and the Pleasant Hill Cem, which anchor the surrounding farming communities. The transition from the alluvial bottomlands to the dissected uplands of Garfield and Hayes townships is marked by numerous seasonal drainages like Dry Creek and Mulberry Creek, illustrating the natural drainage patterns that influenced early homesteading and road placement in this part of Kansas.