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1964 Map of Emmett

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Emmett
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Emmett and its surrounding rural townships define this 1964 survey of the Kansas prairie, updated in the late 1970s to reflect localized developments like a Powerplant and Substation. The Union Pacific railroad tracks bisect the landscape, connecting the small settlement of Aikins with the local trade center at Emmett. This transit corridor is paralleled by a dense network of watercourses, including Bartlett Creek, Cross Creek, and Bourbonais Creek, which shaped the early agricultural partitions of St Clere and Washington townships.

Local history is well-preserved through the mapping of the St Clere Church and its adjacent St Clere Cemetery, alongside the Mt Olive Church to the northeast. The presence of a Quarry and various gravel pits near Long Branch indicates the small-scale extractive industries that supported local road building. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for family-named landmarks and historical church sites such as Holy Cross Cemetery, situated near the confluence of Little Cross Creek.