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1961 Map of Hays South

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Hays South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Hays serves as the focal point of this Ellis County survey, showing the city's southward expansion toward the meandering Big Creek. The landscape transition from the institutional grounds of Fort Hays State College and the Old Fort Hays Museum to the agricultural expanses of Wheatland is clearly documented. Local history is deeply embedded in the layout of the town, featuring schools like St Joseph Sch and Washington Sch, alongside the prominent Courthouse.

South of the city, the rural character is defined by the settlement of Munjor and its accompanying St Francis Cem. The presence of an extensive Oil Field and scattered Oil Wells across the southern half of the sheet illustrates the era's petroleum industry, while the Union Pacific railroad and the Hays Municipal Airport highlight the region's transportation infrastructure. This document preserves the spatial relationship between the growing urban center and the resource-rich plains of central Kansas.