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2022 Map of Hays South

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Hays South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Hays dominates the northern edge of this survey, where the Ellis County Courthouse and Fort Hays State University anchor the urban grid. The landscape south of the city transitions into the agricultural plains of Ellis County, where the settlement of Munjor sits along the banks of Big Cr. This area is defined by a dense network of sectional roads and historical transit corridors, including the Butterfield Trail Rd and Old Hwy 40 Byp, which reflect the region's evolution from frontier trails to modern highways.

Local history is preserved in sites like the Fort Cem near the university grounds and Saint Francis Cem in the Munjor community. The drainage of Chetolah Cr and the topographic relief of Lookout Hollow provide the primary natural features in an otherwise systematically gridded prairie, while the Hays Regional Airport and Military Reservation Rd point to the area's continued strategic and transportation importance.