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1954 Map of Pleasant Hill

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Pleasant Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The railroad junction at Pleasant Hill serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey of the Jackson County and Cass County border. The crossing of the Missouri Pacific and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroads anchors the town's geography, situated near industrial landmarks like the local Power Plant and City Hall. This period depicts a landscape transitioning through educational consolidation, marked by several decommissioned rural schoolhouses including Brush College No 2 Sch and Crossroads Sch.

Water management is prominent across the terrain, with the Big Creek and Middle Big Creek drainage systems supporting numerous impoundments such as Pleasant Hill Lake, Loch Leonard, and the Big Allendale Lakes. To the northwest, the settlement of Greenwood sits along the rail line, while smaller locales like Avon and Gowdy appear as quiet clusters in an area defined by family-named landmarks and country institutions like the Hickory Grove Ch.