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1893 Map of Phillipsburg

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Phillipsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Phillipsburg serves as the central hub of this North Central Kansas landscape, surveyed during a period when steel rails were defining the region's future. Three distinct rail lines cut across the territory: the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad through the center, the Missouri Pacific Railroad following the valley of the North Fork Solomon River, and the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad touching the northwestern corner at Woodruff.

Settlement patterns follow these industrial corridors, with towns like Kirwin, Agra, and Kensington established along the tracks. Away from the iron roads, the terrain is dominated by a dense network of watercourses including Bow Creek, Deer Creek, and Prairie Dog Creek, which carve through the townships. The map documents early political divisions, from Granite in the north to Ash Rock in the southeast, revealing a frontier transitioning into an organized agricultural and transport network.