1892 Map of Coldwater

About this map

Coldwater serves as the central hub in this late nineteenth-century survey of Comanche County, where the iron rails of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. cut a diagonal path across the High Plains landscape. The map illustrates a transitional era of settlement, capturing small townships like Protection, Wilmore, and Belvidere as they appeared shortly after the initial prairie expansion. The drainage patterns of the Cimarron River in the southwest and the Medicine Lodge River in the northeast define the undulating terrain, which is subdivided into numerous named survey districts such as Glick, Logan, and Powell. Genealogists and local historians can trace the early township grid and identify the specific placement of rural centers like Nescatunga, Avilla, and Evansville, many of which were vital community anchors for early ranching and farming families before modern road networks evolved.