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1964 Map of Conway

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Conway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Conway and its surrounding agricultural townships serve as the focus of this mid-1960s survey of central Kansas. The landscape is defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure, including community pillars such as Monitor Sch, Plainview Sch, and West Liberty Ch. The presence of the Amish Ch and the Amish Cem reflects the cultural heritage and traditional land-use patterns of the region's inhabitants.

Transportation is anchored by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad in the north and the St Louis Southwestern in the south, which facilitated the grain and livestock economy of Hayes and Groveland townships. These iron arteries connected the isolated homesteads along Wolf Creek to wider markets, supporting a way of life that balanced industrial progress with religious and educational community centers.