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1963 Map of Rantoul

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Rantoul
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Marais Des Cygnes River meanders sharply across this eastern Kansas landscape, carving a complex valley through the townships of Peoria, Richland, Stanton, and Cutler. In the early 1960s, the village of Rantoul served as a central hub along the Missouri Pacific railroad line, which cuts diagonally through the southern half of the quadrangle. The map captures a rural economy defined by agriculture and local resource extraction, evidenced by scattered oil wells and a quarry near the eastern boundary.

Local social life is anchored by several rural landmarks, including the Victory Sch and Spring Ridge Ch. For genealogists, the survey identifies several family-named burial sites such as Howard Cem, Pleasant Valley Cem, and Manner Cem. The transition from the high prairie ground to the riparian woods along Hickory Creek and Turkey Creek illustrates the topographical variety that influenced early settlement patterns across the Franklin and Miami County line.