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1942 Map of Deerfield

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Deerfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Marmaton River snakes through this Missouri-Kansas borderlands survey, defining a landscape marked by small rural settlements and a dense network of country schools. At the eastern edge, the town of Deerfield sits at the junction of the Kansas City Southern railroad and several local routes, while smaller rail-side communities like Eve and Bunnville highlight the importance of the rail line to the local economy.

Genealogists will find this map particularly valuable for its documentation of early education, featuring schools such as Lone Elm Sch, Sunny Slope Sch, and McHugh Sch scattered across the township lines. The terrain transitions from the river bottomlands to prominent local heights like Vetters Hill and Vergil Mound, with numerous watercourses such as Dry Wood Creek and Shiloh Creek providing landmarks for those tracing ancestral land holdings in the Richland, Coal, and Harrison districts.