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1955 Map of Douglass

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Douglass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Douglass serves as the primary hub on this mid-century survey, situated at the junction where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad meets the winding course of the Walnut River. The landscape is defined by the convergence of several major waterways, including Eightmile Creek and the Little Walnut River, which carve through the townships of Pleasant, Richland, and Douglass.

Rural life in the mid-1950s is documented through numerous local institutions, from schools like Floral Sch and Richland Sch to the Friends Ch and several family or community burial grounds including Dunlap Cem, Friends Cem, and Richland Cem. Evidence of the region's extraction economy is visible in the scattered Oil Wells, Oil Tank sites, and multiple Quarry and Gravel Pits that dot the river valleys and upland areas.