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1957 Map of Lebanon

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Lebanon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Beaver Creek meanders through the heart of this landscape, defining the valley floor where the settlement of Lebanon took root. In the late 1950s, the community functioned as a local hub for this rural stretch of the Nebraska-Kansas border, situated along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line. This transportation corridor was essential for moving goods across the flat valley bottom, overlooked to the north by the prominent elevation of Missouri Ridge.

Tracing family lineages in the area is aided by the presence of localized landmarks like Hamburg Cem and Redman Cem, while the location of School No 82 reflects the historical distribution of rural education. The map captures the organized township structure, specifically Harlan and Grant, as they were integrated into the broader Missouri River Basin development program during the mid-century period.