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1984 Map of Easton

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Easton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Stranger Creek winds through the heart of Leavenworth County, anchoring a landscape shaped by petroleum extraction and small-town agricultural life in the early 1980s. The northern reaches are dominated by the industrial footprint of the Easton Oil Field, where numerous Oil Wells pepper the terrain between Cramer Creek and Buckhorn Creek. This energy production exists alongside a long-standing community network of rural churches and cemeteries, such as the St Joseph of the Valley Ch and the High Prairie Ch.

Transportation history is visible through the remnants of the Old Railroad Grade and Railroad Grade that once connected these rural outposts. To the south, the settlement of Springdale sits near the banks of Walnut Creek, while local water bodies like L Stellamaris and Happy Hollow Lake provide geographic punctuation to the dissected hillsides. From the Pleasant Ridge High Sch to the quiet corner of Eightmile House, the map documents a transition in mid-century Kansas land use.