2010 Map of Kress West

About this map

Agricultural patterns and a rigid section-line grid define this Swisher County landscape at the start of the 2010s. The town of Kress occupies the northeast corner, where the Kress Cemetery serves as a primary genealogical landmark for the community. Moving southwest across the plains, the map reveals the small railroad-related sites of Farmers Spur and Wright, situated along the rail corridor that cuts diagonally through the southern territory. This network of rural transit is supported by a dense web of county roads such as Nix Rd and Sun Rd, alongside state-maintained routes like Fm 145 and Fm 788. The map documents a landscape of large-scale farming punctuated by numerous ephemeral playa lakes, which appear as scattered depressions throughout the grid of cotton and grain fields.