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1935 Map of Lenexa

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Lenexa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

The St Louis and San Francisco RR serves as a primary transit corridor through the growing community of Lenexa, where the local landscape in the mid-1930s still balances agriculture with recreational and institutional development. The northeastern portion of the map reveals the early footprint of Overland Park, a suburb defined by its transition from rural township lands to organized residential blocks. Scattered throughout are essential social hubs for the community, including the Antioch Church and a high density of rural schoolhouses like Corinth Sch and Valley View Sch.

Social and recreational life in this era is highlighted by the presence of the Mission Valley Hunt Club and the Nafziger Polo Field, suggesting a period of affluent country-club growth on the outskirts of Kansas City. Drainage patterns are dominated by the winding paths of Indian Creek and Tomahawk Creek, while smaller water bodies like Nagawika Lake punctuate the landscape near the settlement of Elmhurst.