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1940 Map of Scott City

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Scott City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Scott City serves as the focal point of this High Plains landscape, situated at the junction of the Missouri Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. The 1930s era was a period of transition for Scott County, as seen in the cluster of Oil Wells and a prominent Oil Refinery located south of the main town. The rural character of the region is defined by a systematic grid of country schools, including Buffalo Sch, Mt Hope Sch, and Hines Sch, alongside the Prairie View Ch in the southern portion of the county.

The terrain is largely dominated by the Modoc Basin and the winding course of Whitewoman Creek, which leads toward Dry Lake in the southeast. In the small community of Shallow Water, the railroad line provided essential connectivity for agricultural transport. These features, along with family-named landmarks like Sickelhouser Sch and the Scott City Cem, provide a detailed record of the settlement patterns and early industrial development in western Kansas.