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1950 Map of Lexington West

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Lexington West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Missouri River corridor near the Ray Co Lafayette Co boundary highlights a landscape shaped by river engineering and early industrial activity. Just after mid-century, the area between Lexington and Wellington shows a complex system of Levees and a Flood Gate protecting the lowlands, including the distinctive crescent of Sunshine Lake. This environment supported a variety of coal-related work, evidenced by numerous Mine Dumps and a Mine Dump scattered across the bluffs near Myrick.

Social and civic life is anchored by a dense network of rural landmarks, from the Lexington Battle Ground to numerous schoolhouses like Sunshine Sch and Linden Sch. The heavy infrastructure of the Santa Fe and Atchison Topeka and Wabash and the Missouri Pacific railroads underscores the importance of this river crossing. Genealogists will find valuable identifiers in the family-named cemeteries, including Foster Cem and Mitchell Cem, along with the County Home and several local water works.