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1894 Map of Garnett

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Garnett
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1894
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1894

About this map

Garnett serves as the central hub for a dense network of nineteenth-century railroads, where the Kansas Nebraska and Dakota Div. and the Missouri Pacific Railroad intersect. This 1885 survey of Anderson County and its neighbors captures the region at a peak of rail expansion, with lines like the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. connecting small agricultural centers such as Westphalia, Colony, and Kincaid.

The landscape is defined by the winding course of Pottawatomie Creek and the Marais Des Cygnes River in the northeast. Beyond the rail junctions, the map reveals several smaller settlements and rural post offices including Central City, Mont Ida, and Elizabethtown. The cartography by R.U. Goode and E.T. Perkins Jr. meticulously documents the transition from open prairie to a surveyed grid of townships like Indian Creek and Lone Elm, providing a clear view of eastern Kansas before the turn of the century.