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1957 Map of New Lancaster

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of New Lancaster
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

New Lancaster and the surrounding prairie of eastern Kansas are detailed in this 1957 survey, later updated with photorevisions in 1973. The landscape is primarily defined by the drainage systems of Middle Creek, Elm Creek, and Sugar Creek, which carve through the undulating terrain near the Miami and Linn County line. The 1973 updates prominently feature the introduction of La Cygnes Lake, a significant modification to the southern portion of the map.

Local civic and family history is anchored by the New Lancaster Cem, Rockville Cem, and Jingo Cem. The presence of a Town Hall in New Lancaster and various Oil Wells scattered to the south suggests a stable rural economy based on agriculture and natural resource extraction. Small intersections like Drexel Corner and the settlement of Jingo provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads in these border townships.