I have done a few pages on Scranton but not of this kind. This page will be about land around Scranton I picked Scranton because that's where my family came from they were the Segelquist, their fram was north west of town.There will be other towns as well;Carbondale, Fountain and Fostoria.
These maps are plat maps which means that they show all the land owners of each section. They also show other land marks such as creeks, schools and so on. My father went to school about one mile north of the farm. My father could not remember the name he just called it the 110 creek school, I found it on the map it's number was 14.
I know a lot of you who live around Scranton may have no need for these maps, but they are interesting to look at. These maps are more for the people who live out of town, county and state. There are a lot of people who live out of state who are looking for their roots and these maps may help them find a piece of their roots.
I used Scranton as a reference point to make it easier to read. Although these maps are not hard to read if you remember the follwoing. Each section is given a number, each section is divided into fourth's each being 160 acers each. Each side of a section is one mile, if you were to go around a full section you would have covered 4, miles. The last thing to remember that the top of the map is always North.
Note. I have only covered two townships, but I have all the townships so if you need in on another township just drop me a line and I will try to help you find what your looking for.
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Scranton Kansas, 1879.
Township 14S. and 15E.
Township 15S. and 15E.
This first link will show the business men of each twonship.
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224042/page/9
Map-1. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224042/page/20
Map2. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224042/page/21
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Scranton Kansas, 1899.
Township 14S. and 15E.
Township 15S. and 15E.
These two links is of the Directory of Osage county. It shows all the business men of the county.
Page 1. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224031/page/58
Page 2. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224031/page/59
Map 1. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224031/page/6
Map 2. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224031/page/10
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Scranton Kansas, 1918.
Township 14S. and 15E.
Township 15S. and 15E.
These two links is of the Directory of Osage county. It shows all the business men of the county.
Page 1. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224020/page/52
Page 2. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224020/page/53
Map 1. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224020/page/39
Map 2. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224020/page/40
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