1962 Map of Venango NW

About this map

The South Platte River corridor dominates the northwest corner of this Sedgwick County landscape, where the Union Pacific railroad and Highway 138 follow the river valley's natural path. In the early 1960s, this area served as a critical agricultural and utility hub, featuring the County Fairground and a cluster of Gas Wells and Gravel Pits that supported local infrastructure. Beyond the river valley, the terrain transitions into a grid of rural sections dotted with essential community landmarks like the Liberty Sch and North Plainview Sch. This survey reflects a period of mid-century prairie life where small rural schools still anchored the countryside even as natural resource extraction, evidenced by scattered Gas Wells, began to mark the open plains south of the Julesburg Cem.