Maps

Title: Ownership Map of River Market Area
Description: Land ownership map of the River Market area of Kansas City, Missouri (section 32, township 50, range 33), identified as "Old Town." The boundaries include the Missouri River south to Independence Avenue, Broadway east to Cherry Street.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri Territory, Formerly Louisiana
Description: Colored map shows area from Mississippi River westward, with rivers, mountains, and lakes indicated. Penciled note on map reads "Mo 1813."
Date: 1813
Object Type: Map

Title: Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing 19th to 27th Streets and Paseo Boulevard. Lincoln High School and Municipal Stadium are visible. Map identified from set as Section 9, Township 49N, Range 33W, S-51.
Date: 1964-04
Object Type: Map

Title: Proposed Master Plan IX - Downtown Area
Description: Street map of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, displaying an early plan for an expressway loop surrounding the area. Proposed parking lots, garages, public buildings, parks, street improvements, freeways, and tunnels are indicated on the map.
Date: 1947
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Showing Sewer Districts and Sewers of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, bordered by the Kansas and Missouri Rivers on the west and north, and by Woodland Avenue and 24th Street on the east and south, respectively. Shows locations of pipe sewers, brick sewers, public sewers, O.K. Creek intercepting sewer, with sewer district numbers indicated.
Date: 1885-01-01
Object Type: Map

Title: St. Clair County, Missouri (eastern half)
Description: Photocopy of St. Clair County, Missouri, plat map, eastern half, including owners' names and showing rivers, railroads, and towns. Handwritten at bottom in ink: "Xerox copy from original plat book of St. Clair County, Missouri, c. 1900-03; original plat book in library of the Mo. State Historical Society. T38N R24W."
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Map

Title: Central Industrial District, Kansas City, U.S.A.
Description: Map of central industrial district area including Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Shows stockyards, railroad yards, railroad lines, freight houses, street car lines, bus lines and major companies. Reverse side includes aerial views and text, with statistics, promoting the district.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Lake-Of-The-Ozarks and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Lake of the Ozarks area showing resorts, streams, regional recreational area, and different types of highways. Locations in Benton, Camden, Morgan, Miller and Hickory Counties are shown. Inset map shows the lake region within the state of Missouri. Reverse side of map includes a list of resort and business members of the Lake-of-the-Ozarks Association, as well as an advertisement for Musser's Ozark Resort.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Map

Title: Official Road Map of Missouri
Description: Road map of Missouri showing the state highway system and the various types of roads within that system, including concrete, asphalt, brick, gravel, oiled, and graded earth. Map also shows cities and towns, parks, bodies of water, counties, schools, colleges and universities, and hospitals. Map includes insets of the Kansas City and Saint Louis metropolitan areas. Verso of map lists distances between cities along specific highways and the towns encountered along those routes.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Map

Title: Pocket Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Street map of Kansas City and environs, including Kansas City, Kansas, and North Kansas City, Missouri; inset map of Independence. Index lists schools, hospitals, and streets. Map shows parks, airports, levees and dikes.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of streetcar, trolley, and motor bus lines in Kansas City with an enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has a list of points of interest and downtown businesses as well as an index to service clubs, hotels, ticket offices, and theatres in the downtown area.
Date: 1944
Object Type: Map

Title: Polling Places in Kansas City
Description: Map shows wards and precincts; polling places are listed at bottom of page.
Date: 1944-11-06
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Mined Areas of the Weir-Pittsburg Coal Bed in Southeastern Kansas
Description: Map depicts Weir-Pittsburg coal bed in Crawford and Cherokee counties in southeastern Kansas. Key illustrates areas underlain by coal, mined and stripped areas, active and abandoned mines, as well as the companies mining particular sites.
Date: 1944-09
Object Type: Map

Title: The Santa Fe Trail
Description: Illustrated map of the Santa Fe Trail, including additional roads and trails throughout Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Transportation routes from 1540 through 1880 are noted, as well and landmarks, events, and inhabitants of the areas.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

Title: Mineral Resources of Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma-Arkansas
Description: Color map shows mineral deposits, production areas of coal, natural gas and petroleum, and locations of quarries, refineries, and other processing facilities. Colors and symbols designate different resources. Counties and states are labelled but not towns.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

Title: Soil Map of Missouri - Reconnaissance Survey
Description: Survey map of the state of Missouri provides detailed regional information about soil types (silt, clay, sand, etc.). Also included are locations of cities, rivers and lakes, railroads, and county lines.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City's Expressways
Description: Illustrated map showing the planned expressway system in the Kansas City area in 1952. Text printed on the map explains how the freeway system will work and how it will benefit the public. The map displays a plan to route the expressways close to the downtown area of Kansas City, Kansas, that was later changed.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Map

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