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1954 Map of Harrisonville

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Harrisonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Harrisonville serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, situated at the crossroads of the Missouri Pacific and Burlington Northern railroads. The town landscape is defined by the proximity of Harrisonville City Lake and Lake Luna, with the nearby Drive-in Theater and Pleasant View Rest Home reflecting the social character of the 1950s. Surrounding the municipal center, the countryside is a network of small rural institutions including Walnut Grove Sch and Little Flock Ch.

Evidence of the local agrarian and industrial economy is visible through numerous Quarry sites and an Ore deposit near the northern boundary. The terrain, drained by the Grand River and Big Creek, is dotted with family-named landmarks like Kohler Hill and legacy sites such as Harris Cem and Pitts Chapel Cem. Later revisions from the 1980s are overlaid in purple, showing suburban growth and new infrastructure like the Richert Landing Strip while preserving the location of earlier one-room schools like Lone Elm Sch.