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1894 Map of Warrensburg

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Warrensburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Warrensburg stands as the central hub of this 1885 survey of Johnson County and its neighbors, showing the town's early growth around the Normal school and the Iron Spring. The landscape is defined by its transit corridors, most notably the Missouri Pacific Railroad and its Main Line, which connects significant coal and clay mining stops like Montserrat and Carbon Hill. To the west, the settlement of Holden serves as a major secondary rail junction.

Rural life is marked by small post offices and family-named landmarks such as Shawnee Mound and High Point Tebo. Extensive creek systems including Blackwater Creek and Post Oak Creek drain the undulating terrain, while the southern reaches of the map show the emerging tracks of the Kansas City Osceola & Southern R. R. near Blair. The map captures a detailed view of the Missouri prairie-border region before modern highway development reorganized these agricultural and mining communities.