1960 Map of Holton SE

About this map

North Cedar Creek and South Cedar Creek converge in this rural expanse along the border of Jackson and Jefferson counties. The landscape is defined by the deeply etched drainage basins of Rock Creek and Duck Creek, where the terrain transitions from agricultural uplands into wooded valley slopes. Local social and spiritual centers appear in the form of the United Brethren Ch and Graggs Chapel Cem, providing essential points of reference for genealogists tracing family ties in the Cedar and Delaware townships. Industrial activity is represented by scattered Quarries, while the southeastern corner is cut by the steel of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, marking the corridor of regional transit and trade that connected these farmsteads to larger Kansas markets during the mid-twentieth century.