The town of Waverly anchors this landscape in eastern Kansas, serving as a primary point of settlement where local roads converge near the southern edge of the survey. North of town, the terrain is defined by the drainage systems of Rock Creek and Willow Cr, which carve a series of modest valleys across the prairie. The smaller community of Agricola sits to the northeast, positioned along a transit corridor that includes the Old State Hwy 50. For genealogists and local historians, several burial grounds are documented, including Waverly Cem, Rock Creek Cem, and Pleasant View Cem. These sites, along with landmarks like Lane Hollow, provide specific points of reference for tracing family lineages and early land tracts in the region. The map also illustrates the convergence of several county lines, including the borders of Osage, Coffey, Franklin, and Anderson counties.
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1885 · Burlington
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1885 · Garnett
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1885 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1889 · Burlingame
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1889 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Garnett
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Burlingame
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Burlington
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1947 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1950 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:250,000