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1939 Map of Deerfield

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Deerfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Marmaton River meanders across the northern plains of this 1939 survey, defining a landscape at the intersection of the Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific railroads. Centered on the Missouri-Kansas border, the map documents a robust network of rural education, featuring numerous family-named schoolhouses such as Sunny Slope Sch, McHugh Sch, and Logan Sch that served the farming communities of Coal Township and Drywood Township.

Settlement patterns follow the rail lines and major watercourses like Dry Wood Creek, with the village of Deerfield and the smaller hamlets of Eve and Bunnville serving as local hubs. The terrain is marked by distinctive rises including Vergil Mound and Vetters Hill, while the presence of Swart in the south illustrates the specialized locations along the rail corridor just before mid-century changes altered the local township structure.