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1961 Map of Easton

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Easton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Stranger Creek meanders through the heart of the Kansas landscape, defining a terrain of wooded ridges and creek bottoms that transition from Easton to the rural townships of Alexandria and High Prairie. In the early 1960s, this area of Leavenworth County remained characterized by small-scale farming and local centers of community life, evidenced by the distribution of country schools like Wildwood Sch and Bell Sch.

Genealogists will find particular value in the documentation of several denominations and burial grounds, including the St Thomas Cem, Quaker Ch, and the St Joseph Ch to the north. Notable water features such as Lake Stellamaris and Happy Hollow Lake sit within the timbered breaks of Kickapoo, while the tiny settlement of Springdale anchors the southwestern corner. The map also records the site of the Eightmile House and various local industry markers like the Quarry near the main townsite.