1960 Map of Soldier Creek NE

About this map

Holton anchors the eastern edge of this Kansas landscape, where the town's grid meets the undulating drainage basins of Jackson County. A significant historical marker, the Old Potawatomi Indian Reservation Boundary, bisects the lower third of the quadrangle, providing a vital spatial reference for the 19th-century land divisions of the region. The map reveals a rural society structured by township lines, including Jefferson, Liberty, and Banner. Local landmarks such as Banner School and the Hass Cemetery are situated among the watersheds of Banner Creek and Little Soldier Creek. This 1960 era survey documents the persistence of the small-plot agricultural layout and the specific placement of rural institutions before later 20th-century consolidations altered the local geography.