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1955 Map of Salina SW

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Salina SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Salina serves as the focal point for this mid-century survey, which documents the city's outward expansion across the Smoky Hill landscape. The 1970s revisions, highlighted in purple, show the significant growth of residential areas and the infrastructure surrounding the Salina Municipal Airport. The map captures a complex transportation network where the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads converge, illustrating the region's enduring role as a central plains transit hub.

Rural landmarks like the Mulberry Sch and St Francis Boys Home sit alongside suburban developments such as the Drive-in Theater on Crawford Ave. Natural drainage via Mulberry Creek and Spring Creek dictates the topography of township divisions including Pleasant Valley and Washington. This record is particularly valuable for tracing the transformation of the city's southwestern fringe from open prairie and Gravel Pits to an industrialized and urbanized corridor.