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1948 Map of Leavenworth

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Leavenworth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation and the sprawling correctional facilities of the Federal Penitentiary and Kansas State Penitentiary anchor this 1948 survey of the Missouri River bend. The landscape is defined by the sharp contrast between the dense urban grid of Leavenworth and the floodplains of Weston Bend and Delaware Bend. Regional connectivity in the late 1940s is shown through the Chicago Great Western and Chicago Burlington And Quincy railroads, which serviced river towns like Weston and Platte City.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family and community data in the numerous rural schoolhouses such as Fancy Bottoms School and Kickapoo School, alongside hilltop cemeteries like Mount Muncie Cemetery and Laurel Hill Cemetery. The map also captures specialized institutions of the era, including St Marys College and the Veterans Hospital, reflecting the deep-seated institutional history of this border region where Kansas and Missouri meet at the water's edge.