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1956 Map of Williamsburg

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Williamsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Williamsburg serves as the primary hub of this eastern Kansas landscape, situated where the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cuts across the prairie. The town's grid is clearly defined, surrounded by a network of drainage systems including Coal Creek and Mill Creek. A few miles south along the rail line lies Silkville, a site rooted in unique regional history.

The map reveals the transition from Homewood to Reeder townships, marked by the distinctive diagonal of the Old Indian Boundary crossing through the center. Rural life is anchored by landmarks like St Patricks Sch and Mt Hope Cem, while the southern reaches follow the winding course of Lantha Creek across the Franklin Co Anderson Co line. This survey captures a moment when rail access and small-town infrastructure still defined the agrarian economy of the central plains.