1960 Map of Western SW

About this map

The Saline Co Jefferson Co border marks the northern portion of this 1960s agricultural survey, where the landscape is defined by the winding paths of South Fork Creek and Swan Creek. The township of Washington occupies the central section, revealing a traditional mid-century rural infrastructure centered on one-room schoolhouses and community churches. Genealogists can locate several educational landmarks including Four Corners Sch and Victory Sch, which served the local farming families of the era. Further south in Richland, the settlement pattern clusters near Cub Creek, where Bower Sch and East Bower Sch stand as evidence of the area's once-dense rural school districts. The inclusion of the Bower Cem and another smaller Cem further north provides essential data for family historians tracing early residents of Jefferson County.