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1965 Map of Concordia NW

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Concordia NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The Republican River winds through the southwest corner of this north-central Kansas landscape, defining the transition from the fertile river bottoms of Buffalo township to the upland drainages of Scandia and Belleville. Surveyed in the mid-1960s, the map reveals a meticulously organized section-line road network supporting an agricultural economy centered around townships like Norway and Lincoln.

Genealogists and local historians can locate community focal points such as Highland Ch and the Pleasant Ridge Cem, while the industrial footprint of the era is marked by a Sandpit near the river and several Gravel Pits along the county line. The terrain is deeply dissected by numerous waterways, including the meanders of West Creek and Lost Creek, which carved the undulating landscape before the 1978 photoinspection of this sheet.