1979 Map of Park

About this map

The town of Park serves as the primary hub of this western Kansas landscape during the late 1970s, situated along the vital Union Pacific railroad line. The rail corridor, which includes a siding at Tully to the east, dictates the orientation of the region's movement and infrastructure. South of the tracks, the terrain shifts into the drainage basins of Cow Draw and Big Creek, where the land is divided into the named districts of Payne and Baker. The map reveals a high plains environment reliant on groundwater, evidenced by numerous Wells scattered across the township sections. A single Sandpit near the southern edge of the Baker area points to local extraction efforts, while the surveyed grid of the Gove County countryside remains dominated by section-line roads and the prominent path of Interstate 70.