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1969 Map of Manchester NW

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Manchester NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Agricultural lands along the border of Kansas Oklahoma define this late-1960s landscape, where the confluence of Sandy Creek and Little Sandy Creek shapes the local topography. The map records a rural infrastructure in transition, notably marking the path of an Old Railroad Grade that once served the grain and livestock transport of Alfalfa County. To the east, the terrain transitions into the Parsons region, characterized by a complex network of drainage feeding into Rush Creek.

Social and industrial life are anchored by scattered landmarks, including the Mennonite Cem and the Willow Glen Ch. The presence of Oil Wells in the southwest and a Gravel Pit further east points to the localized extraction economy operating alongside traditional farming. Near the Harper County line, researchers can find the Rosedale Ch and an accompanying Cem, providing specific points of interest for genealogists tracing family histories in this sparsely populated borderland.