1960 Map of Trego Center

About this map

Big Creek winds through the northern portion of this High Plains landscape, where the shifting courses of East Branch and Downer Creek carve into the upland plateaus. This 1960 survey reflects a deeply rural Kansas community organized by the township system, divided between Wakeeney and Collyer. The map reveals a network of country schools that served as local anchors, including Montrose Sch, Excelsior Sch, and Boena Sch. At the crossroads of Trego Center, the presence of Zion Cem and scattered Gravel Pit workings point to a local economy and social life tied closely to the land and the maintenance of the section-line road grid. The topography, mapped as part of the Missouri River Basin development program, provides a clear view of the drainage patterns essential to agriculture in Trego County.