1957 Map of Lincolnville SW

About this map

The Cottonwood River snakes through the southern reaches of this landscape, its path shadowed by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line. This 1950s survey documents a predominantly rural Kansas territory, punctuated by the town of Florence and the smaller settlement of Oursler. Notable infrastructure of the period includes the Marion Landing Field and a local Waterworks facility. The presence of Marion County Lake in the west serves as a major geographical anchor, while several family-named burial grounds like Harter Cem and Grant Cem offer significant points of interest for genealogists tracking early Marion County residents. The network of drainage, including Martin Creek and Catlin Creek, illustrates the hydraulic patterns that shaped local agriculture and settlement long before modern irrigation changed the plains.