1973 Map of Stark

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Stark and the surrounding prairie of Neosho and Allen counties appear here in the early 1970s, defined by a landscape where agriculture and the energy industry converge. The Missouri - Kansas - Texas railroad cuts a diagonal path through the southeastern townships, linking the rural communities of Kimball and Savonburg. This era shows a distributed network of social and religious centers, including Friends Home Ch, Evangelical Ch, and Bethel Ch, often situated near their respective family burial grounds like Putnam Cem. The drainage patterns of Canville Creek and Little Canville Creek dominate the central terrain, leading toward Timber Lake. Evidence of the region's mineral wealth is visible throughout the northwestern corner, where numerous Oil Wells and a designated Oil Field are interspersed with active Gas Wells, indicating the ongoing importance of petroleum extraction to the local economy alongside traditional farming.