1964 Map of Parkville

About this map

Park College stands prominently above the Missouri River in this detailed survey of the borderlands between Missouri and Kansas. The landscape is defined by the sharp bends of the river, including Pomeroy Bend and Quindaro Bend, which shaped the early industrial and residential development of the region. North of the river, the suburban growth of Platte Woods and Weatherby Lake contrasts with the dense urban grid of Kansas City to the south. This era of mapping documents the expansion of the metropolitan area, highlighted by the purple-tinted urban extensions around Riverside and Parkdale. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of numerous community anchors, from the St Marys Cem to the site of Douglass Hospital and various parochial schools like Christ the King Sch and St Augustine Seminary.