2016 Map of Kansas

About this map

The town of Kansas serves as the central hub of this eastern Oklahoma landscape, situated where the high plateaus begin to break into the complex drainages of the Ozark foothills. This 2016 survey documents the rural character of Delaware County and its neighbors, defined by a network of sectional roads and the narrow valleys of Spring Cr and the Illinois River. Local heritage is anchored by a cluster of rural burying grounds, including Kansas Cem and Long Prairie Cem, which reflect generations of family settlement. To the south, the terrain becomes increasingly dissected near Oaks and Twin Oaks, where numerous hollows such as Black Fox Hollow and Winset Hollow carve through the limestone-rich uplands. The presence of Black Fox Springs and Lost Spring highlights the importance of groundwater in this karst-influenced geography, while the small impoundments of Deer Lake and Clear Cr Lake mark modern residential developments in the Flint Creek area.