1972 Map of Magoun

About this map

Magoun sits at the southern edge of this High Plains landscape, where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts a diagonal path across the terrain. The map documents a sparsely populated ranching and energy-producing region along the border of Beaver and Ellis counties in Oklahoma and Lipscomb County in Texas. Infrastructure for the regional petroleum industry is evident through numerous Gas Wells and several Pipeline corridors that crisscross the prairie. For genealogists and local historians, the Fairmont Cem and a Roadside Park provide specific points of reference in an area otherwise defined by drainage patterns like Ivanhoe Creek. The presence of the County Airport near the western margin suggests the mid-century development of local transit and utility for the surrounding rural community.