1968 Map of Sheridan Lake

About this map

The Missouri Pacific railroad cuts a straight line across this High Plains landscape, anchoring the small town of Sheridan Lake in the late 1960s. This community serves as a vital agricultural hub, evidenced by the multiple clusters of Storage Bins situated along the tracks and scattered near the southern boundary. Beyond the town center, the Sheridan Lake Cem and a nearby Radio Tower stand as solitary landmarks in an otherwise open terrain of subtle rises, including the feature identified as Eitel. The presence of a Gravel Pit and a long Pipeline suggests the importance of local infrastructure and resource extraction. While the namesake Sheridan Lake water body is present, the surrounding landscape is defined by the rigid grid of section lines and the efficiency of the rail-to-road connection that sustained this portion of Kiowa County.