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1940 Map of Worland

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Worland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

The borderlands of Missouri and Kansas in the late 1930s were defined by a rigorous grid of section lines and the diverging paths of the Kansas City Southern and Missouri Pacific railroads. Centered on the town of Worland, this landscape demonstrates the dense rural infrastructure of a pre-war agricultural economy, where one-room schools like Klondike Sch and Victory Sch served localized farm clusters every few miles.

Water management and connectivity were critical, as seen in the engineered path of the Bates County Drainage Ditch and the vital crossings at State Line Bridge and Marble Bridge. The presence of numerous family and community burial grounds, such as Mays Cem and Salem Cem, provides a significant record for genealogical research in this Bates County region, showing the proximity of these resting places to established town centers like Amoret and Foster.