1894 Map of Newton
USGS Topo · Published 1916About this map
Newton serves as the bustling focal point of this late 19th-century landscape, positioned where several rail lines converge in south-central Kansas. Surveyed in 1888, the map illustrates a region rapidly developing around its transportation infrastructure, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Main Line and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad carving paths through the prairie. Smaller agricultural centers such as Peabody, Hillsboro, and Lehigh are established along these corridors, while the township divisions—including Spring Valley, Liberty, and Walton—show the organized grid of settlement.
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Editions of this 1894 Newton Map
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Historical Maps of Newton Through Time
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