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1935 Map of Kansas City

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Kansas City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Union Station serves as the bustling rail hub of this 1930s landscape, where the Missouri River and Kansas River meet. The map reveals a city in its industrial prime, with the massive Stockyards dominating the river bottoms and a dense network of lines including the Kansas City Southern RR and Missouri Pacific RR threading through the urban core. Residential expansion is marked by a vast array of neighborhood schools like Scarritt Sch and Southwest High Sch, alongside significant civic landmarks such as the Liberty Memorial and General Hospital.

Public green spaces and cemeteries provide a structured contrast to the grid of Main Street and Troost Ave. Large tracts like Swope Park and the Municipal Golf Course anchor the southern districts, while historic grounds like Union Cem and Elmwood Cem preserve the city's early heritage. The inclusion of the University of Kansas City and the Kansas City Art Gallery highlights the era's growing educational and cultural footprint.