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1960 Map of Valley Center

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Valley Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Valley Center and its surrounding townships in Sedgwick County are captured here during a period of significant suburban expansion north of Wichita. The landscape is a transition between the established oil operations of the Goodrich Oil Field and Kuske Oil Field and the growing residential footprints of Park City and Wichita Heights. The Arkansas River and the Wichita Valley Center Floodway dominate the southwest, providing critical water management for the region's development.

Genealogists and local historians can trace numerous rural institutions, including the Marble Grove Cem and various local schools like the Hillside Grove Sch and Kechi Center Sch. The complex rail network of the mid-20th century is well-preserved, showing the routes of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the St Louis and San Francisco railroads as they supported the local economy before the dominance of the interstate system.