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1967 Map of Levant

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Levant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Levant serves as the central hub for this portion of Thomas County during the mid-1960s, situated along the active line of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad. The surrounding plains are divided into township-style sections including Barrett, Rovohl, East Hale, and Morgan. This agricultural landscape is deeply etched by the drainage of the South Fork Sappa Creek, which meanders through the central and eastern portions of the sheet, while the headwaters of Prairie Dog Cr appear in the southeast corner.

The transportation infrastructure reveals a layer of local history through the presence of an Old Railroad Grade, tracing a former path across the prairie independent of the main line. This map is particularly detailed regarding resource extraction, marking several Sandpit and Sandpits locations along the creek beds, which were vital for local construction and road maintenance in this era of rural development.