Please note: As of January 2023, the content on this website is moving to the Digital Collections page at https://libraries.wichita.edu/sc/digital.

 

Through this web site, you are invited to compare and study some of the earliest township maps of Sedgwick County from the following two sources now accessible online:

  • Survey maps of Sedgwick County from the United States General Land Office surveys, chiefly dating from the 1860s.
  • Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas, published by John P. Edwards in 1882.

This web site is made possible by the financial support of the Wichita Community Foundation.

Prior to using the maps and images on this website, please read our statement carefully.

To begin: Click on an area of the 1882 map at the left, choose from the menu items at the top, select the name of a current township listed below the map, or use the quick search below.

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