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1971 Map of Lehigh

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Lehigh
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The town of Lehigh anchors the northern reaches of this rural Kansas landscape, where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line parallels the highway at the edge of town. This agrarian region, surveyed in 1969 and field-checked in 1971, is defined by the winding course of the South Cottonwood River and its tributary, Stony Brook. The map reveals a high density of religious and commemorative sites essential for genealogical research, including the Alexanderwohl Ch, Alexanderwohl Friedhof, and the Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cem.

Further south, the landscape transitions into the drainage areas of Middle Emma Creek and the East Branch. Evidence of local industry is sparse but present through several Gravel Pits and an Oil Field near the southwestern corner. The presence of the Sixth Principal Meridian and the border between McPherson and Marion counties underscores the structured township-and-range surveying system that shaped this prairie territory.