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1953 Map of Woodston

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Woodston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Woodston townsite sits at the heart of this landscape, positioned along the Missouri Pacific railroad just north of the South Fork Solomon River. This mid-century survey, updated with late-1970s revisions, reveals the community's local infrastructure, including the High Sch and several township subdivisions such as Ash Rock and Lowell. The river valley is a defining corridor, flanked by the Pleasant Valley Sch and Pleasant Valley Cem to the east.

A complex network of siphons and canals lines the valley floor, suggesting a highly managed agricultural landscape dependent on the river's flow. Further south, the terrain becomes more dissected as it approaches Medicine and Mount Ayr, where Medicine Creek and Lucky Creek drain toward the Solomon. The proximity of the Rooks Co Osborne Co boundary indicates the regional importance of Woodston as a shipping point for the surrounding rural townships.