It has a patrons' directory and plats of towns as of the year of publication. This atlas shows maps of each township, school district boundaries, and the names of landowners in Brown County, Kansas. 11 Meacham's Illustrated Atlas of Brown and Nemaha Counties, Kansas. 10 Standard Atlas of Bourbon County, Kansas, Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County. Fort Scott: Fort Scott Public Schools, 1892. 1 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Bourbon County. Great Bend, Kansas: Barton County Daily Democrat, ca. 8 Atlas and Plat Book of Barton County, Kansas, Containing and Outline Map of the County Plats of All the Townships with Owners' Names, Kansas State Map Showing Automobile Roads and Maps of the United States and the World. Minneapolis: Northwest Publishing Co., 1902. 1 Standard Atlas of Barber County, Kansas, Including a Plat Book.

6 Standard Atlas of Barber County, Kansas. Oversize K/978.1/-At2/T739 Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas, Containing Maps, Plats of the KL Townships, Alphabetical Rural Directory, Histories of Churches, etc., Families, Farms. Harlan, Iowa: (R.C.) Booth Enterprises, 1949. Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas, with Township Plats Corrected to December 30, 1948. 4 Standard Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas. Minneapolis: Northwest Publishing Company, 1901. 2 Atlas and Plat Book of Allen County, Kansas, Including History of the World War and Allen County Honor Roll. Des Moines: Northwest Publishing Company, 1906. If the map has been digitized, there is a link to it on Kansas Memory. These maps are listed alphabetically by county. Some early Kansas county maps also show landowners. For help, read how to locate the family farm in a Kansas plat atlas.

Sometimes there are pictures and a directory of county residents at the end.

Plats of cities are included but city lot owners are not listed. They also include the locations of rural churches, cemeteries, and schools. County atlases or plat books contain township maps that show rural landowners.

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