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1940 Map of Hume

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Hume
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Hume stands as the central hub of this agricultural landscape along the Missouri-Kansas border, shortly before the mid-century shift in rural education and infrastructure. The town's proximity to the Kansas City Southern railroad highlights its historical role as a shipping point for the surrounding farm country. The topography is defined by drainage systems like Walnut Creek and the West Fork Pryor Creek, with the prominent Rocky Mound providing a rare elevation point in the undulating terrain of Walnut and Howard townships.

Local life in this era was decentralized, anchored by a dense network of country schools such as Mt Rose Sch, Prairie Union Sch, and Brush College Sch. These institutions, alongside Union Chapel and the Lawrence Cem, reflect a community structure built around small district clusters. Further south, the settlement of Amos and landmarks like Centerview Ch mark the transition into Vernon County, illustrating the social and geographic layout of these borderlands before modern consolidation.