1964 Map of Parkville

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Park College stands as a prominent landmark on the bluffs overlooking a wide bend in the Missouri River during this mid-1960s period. The map documents the rapid suburban transition of the corridor between Kansas City and Parkville, where established communities like Riverside and Platte Woods are surrounded by new developments marked in purple revision tint. Large residential lakes, including Weatherby Lake, Riss Lake, and Waukomis Lake, define the local geography north of the river, while the southern portion reveals a dense grid of schools and neighborhoods in Quindaro and Welborn. The landscape is a study in transport and topography, where the Burlington Northern railroad follows the river's northern levee, and numerous educational and religious institutions, such as South Platte Ch and Washington High Sch, serve the growing population across the Wyandotte and Pettis townships.