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Old maps of Great Bend on Old Maps Online. Discover the past of Great Bend on historical maps.
Journey back in time with 18 historical maps of Great Bend, dating from 1891 to present day. Explore and discover the history of Great Bend through detailed topographic maps, featuring cities, landmarks, and geographical changes. Dive deeper into each map with our interactive high-resolution viewer and extensive library data.
Great Bend is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 281 and U.S. Route 56 highways in Kansas. Driving by highway, it is approximately 116 miles (187 km) northwest of Wichita and 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Hays .
Great Bend’s and Barton County’s rich history can be seen at the Barton County Historical Society Museum and Village. The museum preserves the area’s history in several restored historic buildings, including an 1871 pioneer home, an 1898 church, a 1910 train depot, a 1915 one-room schoolhouse, and a small post office.
This bird’s-eye view print of Great Bend, Kansas was drawn and published by J. J. Stoner, Beck & Pauli Lith. in 1882. Great Bend was settled in the 1870's at a great bend of the Arkansas River, at which the river flows from northeast to southeast.
In addition to Pawnee Rock, Barton County properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places and Registers of Historic Kansas Places include two Lustron prefabricated houses that were part of the post-World War II era development in Great Bend.
This historical map portrays the area of Great Bend in 1958, primarily covering Barton County as well as portions of Stafford County. Featuring a scale of 1:24000, this map provides a highly detailed snapshot of the terrain, roads, buildings, counties, and historical landmarks in the Great Bend region at the time.
