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1964 Map of Tampa

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Tampa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The town of Tampa serves as a central hub on this Kansas prairie landscape, situated at the intersection of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad and local county lines. The 1964 field check reveals a strictly organized agricultural pattern, where the township boundaries of Banner, Blaine, Colfax, Durham Park, and Clark meet. This era depicts a landscape defined by its rural infrastructure, with numerous farmsteads connected by a grid of light-duty and unimproved roads.

Waterways like Turkey Creek and its tributaries, including Middle Branch and East Turkey Creek, cut across the surveyed sections, providing natural drainage for the surrounding fields. For those tracing family histories, the map identifies several local burial grounds, including College Hill Cem, North Cem, Tampa Cem, and St Mary Cem, which are often the primary remaining markers of early settlement families in this part of Marion and Dickinson counties.