1969 Map of Radium

About this map

The Arkansas River cuts across this Central Kansas landscape, defining the transition between the river lowlands and the rolling sand hills of the interior. The small community of Radium serves as a local hub, situated along the Missouri Pacific railroad line which facilitated the movement of grain and goods through the region. Land use here is a mix of agricultural sections and growing energy extraction, evidenced by the development of the Bayer Oil Field and Dunes North Oil Field. For genealogists and local historians, several rural burial grounds are documented, including Pleasant Ridge Cem near the northern boundary and Fertig Cem to the south. The grid of township lines across Lincoln, Logan, and Douglas townships reflects the methodical settlement patterns that organized the prairie into productive homesteads and small-town footprints like the Radium Townsite.