1965 Map of Kanona

About this map

Kanona serves as a focal point for this western Kansas landscape, situated where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad cuts across the prairie. The topography is defined by the drainages of Sappa Creek, Rock Creek, and Cottonwood Creek, which carve deep draws through the surrounding townships of Olive, Roosevelt, Center, and Altory. In the western portion of the map, the Oberlin-Sappa State Park provides a notable recreational landmark with its prominent spillway. The economy of the mid-1960s is evidenced by several scattered oil wells and gravel pits, alongside a major pipeline corridor. Genealogists will find the Kanona Cem east of the main settlement, a quiet fixture in this agricultural region during the post-war era.