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1964 Map of Maple City

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Maple City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Maple City and the surrounding borderlands of Cowley County sit at the crossroads of industrial extraction and prairie preservation in the mid-1960s. The landscape is defined by the Albright Oil Field to the north and numerous quarries following the limestone bluffs above Grouse Creek. Transportation is anchored by the Missouri Pacific railroad, which snakes through the river valleys passing the small settlements of Vinton and Cameron.

A notable historical marker on this sheet is the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, which cuts across the central townships north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state line. This survey also records the development of Cowley County State Park along Panther Creek, providing a recreational contrast to the heavy quarrying and oil activity in the Silverdale and Spring Creek districts. Local genealogists will find the Maple City Cem and various family-named watercourses like Myers Creek and Beaver Creek useful for tracing rural property lines.