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1951 Map of Patmos

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Patmos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

Patmos serves as a central hub in this Hempstead County landscape, situated along the Kansas City Southern railroad line. The map reveals a deeply established rural community defined by a dense network of country churches and family cemeteries, such as Old Evening Shade Ch and the Huckabee Cem. A notable archaeological presence is marked by the Indian Mounds located west of Coler, suggesting a long history of human habitation predating the 20th-century agricultural and industrial features.

Transportation and resource extraction are visible through the proximity of the Clay Pit to the northern rail corridor and the winding paths of Little Bodcaw Creek. Educational and spiritual life is well-documented with the Patmos Sch and various local congregations like Bethel Ch and New Hope Ch distributed across the rolling terrain between Shover Springs and the southern border near Center Point.