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1973 Map of Parsons West

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Parsons West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Parsons serves as a significant regional hub in the mid-1970s, defined by its complex infrastructure and institutional presence. The western portion of the city is dominated by the sprawling Parsons State Hospital and Labette Community Jr College, alongside a dense network of local education centers like Washington Sch and St Marys Sch. The landscape reflects a transition in transportation, where the active St Louis-San Francisco and Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroads intersect, while an Old Railroad Grade to the west hints at earlier transit corridors.

Rural Labette County unfolds southwest of the city, where the terrain is marked by Tackett Mound and the winding paths of Little Labette Creek and Bachelor Creek. The map is particularly valuable for genealogists, detailing numerous smaller landmarks such as Hopewell Ch and several burial sites including Wilsonton Cem and Memorial Lawn Cem, which sit amidst a landscape of agricultural fields and scattered quarries.