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1974 Map of Ravanna

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Ravanna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Ravanna (Old Site) sits near the banks of the Pawnee River in this 1970s topographic study of eastern Finney County. Once a thriving county seat during a late-19th-century boom, the settlement is depicted here as a quiet landmark of local history, located just east of the Garfield Cem. The surrounding plains are marked by intermittent water sources and land management features like Wells and a Well, alongside several Fords that indicate established routes across the river valley.

Industrial activity is evidenced by scattered Caliche Pits and a solitary Caliche Pit, used for extracting road-building material from the prairie soil. Notable place names like Twenty Three and the overarching Garfield designation reflect the township and range grid system that defined Kansas settlement patterns. This map provides a detailed view of the rural landscape before modern agricultural shifts altered many of these traditional landmarks.