1950 Map of Lawrence East

About this map

The University of Kansas and the historic Haskell Institute anchor the western edge of this mid-century survey of Lawrence. This map documents a period of significant growth, with red-tinted urban areas expanding eastward from the city center toward the Kansas River and south past South Park. The landscape is a complex mix of educational campuses, older neighborhoods served by the Lincoln Sch and New York Sch, and industrial sites like Bismarck Grove along the Union Pacific tracks. Further south, the terrain transitions into the winding bottomlands of the Wakarusa River and the prominent rise of Blue Mound, where rural schoolhouses like India Sch still served outlying communities. The arrival of the Kansas Turnpike across the northern section signals the shifting transportation patterns of the late 1960s, contrasting with the established routes of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad.