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1946 Map of Oswego

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Oswego
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

The Neosho River and Labette Creek dominate this mid-century landscape of southeastern Kansas, where intensive agriculture meets early industrial strip mining. The city of Oswego serves as a central hub, flanked by the Horseshoe Lake oxbow and a dense network of rural infrastructure including the Maple Grove Cem and Oswego Cem. To the south, Chetopa sits near the Oklahoma border, marked by several prominent Strip Mine operations that indicate the region's coal and mineral extraction history.

Defense-era footprints are visible in the northern section with the Kansas Ordnance Plant Area, while the rest of the quadrangle preserves a high density of rural schoolhouses and churches. Family-named landmarks such as Stover Sch, Lockard Sch, and Zion Hill Ch provide essential data for genealogists. The rail network, featuring the Missouri - Kansas - Texas and the St Louis - San Francisco lines, illustrates the vital transport corridors that connected these prairie towns.