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1965 Map of Galva

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Galva
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The town of Galva sits at the southern edge of this mid-1960s survey, serving as a hub where the Chicago Rock Island And Pacific and the Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe railroads converge. This agricultural landscape in McPherson County is defined by its rural institutions and early industrial markers, such as the North Diamond Community Hall Quarry in the northeast and several Gas Well sites.

Settlement patterns follow the drainage of Kentucky Creek and Gypsum Creek, with the small community of New Gottland anchored by the New Gottland Ch. The distribution of local education is evident through scattered country schoolhouses including New Union Sch, Peaceful Prairie Sch, and Harmony Sch. These labels reveal a transition era in Kansas, where traditional township-based landmarks remained alongside modern infrastructure like a Radio Tower and multiple pipelines crossing Dry Turkey Creek.