1889 Map of Lexington

About this map

Lexington serves as the focal point for this late nineteenth-century survey, situated along the southern bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. The landscape reveals a complex network of river navigation and early rail transport, with Lexington Island and Wolf Island shifting in the river's path. North of the river, the landscape transitions into the agricultural plains of Carroll and Ray counties, where small railroad-dependent settlements like Norborne and Hardin began to flourish along the Santa Fe and California Railroad.