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1962 Map of Lincoln

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Lincoln
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Lincoln serves as the central hub of this early 1960s Kansas landscape, situated where the Saline River meets the meandering courses of Lost Creek and Tauger Creek. The town's significance as a transportation junction is evident in its dual rail service, featuring both the Union Pacific and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads, which cross near the Lincoln Center Sta. The surrounding countryside, divided into the townships of Marion, Beaver, and Indiana, is marked by numerous quarries and gravel pits, reflecting the local extractive industry of the era.

Local landmarks such as the Lincoln Airfield and Roadside Park provide glimpses into mid-century community infrastructure. Genealogists will find the locations of Lincoln Cemetery and St Patricks Cem valuable for family research, while the presence of the small settlement at Goldenrod and various rural landmarks along Spillman Creek illustrate the dispersed nature of the county's agricultural settlement pattern at the time of the Missouri River Basin development program.