1969 Map of Ensign SW

About this map

Wilburn and East Hess townships define this agricultural landscape in southwestern Kansas, where the survey captures the region as it appeared in the late 1960s. The terrain is a network of undulating drainage patterns and intermittent watercourses, straddling the Gray Co Ford Co boundary line. Human activity in this rural expanse is marked primarily by infrastructure for resource extraction and transport, evidenced by several Well sites and a prominent Pipeline that cuts across the sections of Concord and Wilburn. The map provides a precise look at the township-and-range land division system, showing the established grid of section lines and early roads that supported the remote farming and ranching operations of Ford and Gray counties during this era.