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1960 Map of Nortonville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Nortonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Nortonville stands as the primary hub of activity in this northern Kansas landscape, straddling the border between Atchison Co and Jefferson Co. The town is bisected by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which enters from the north and curves sharply southwest toward the sewage disposal facilities. This transport artery underscores the area's agricultural reliance on rail transit during the mid-20th century, connecting local farms to wider markets.

The surrounding terrain of Benton, Center, and Norton townships is defined by a dense network of rural infrastructure. Numerous small country schools like Washington Sch and Clingan Sch are scattered across the uplands, highlighting the distributed nature of the community before the era of widespread school consolidation. Waterways such as Stranger Creek and Spring Creek cut through the landscape, while family and parish history is preserved at Noffsinger Cem and St Josephs Cem.