Railroad lines
Rail lines run through the heart of Newton, a legacy of its founding along the Santa Fe route, and still form some of the strongest lines on the map.
Minimalist map poster · United States
38.0467° N / 97.3450° W
A railroad town on the Kansas plains, laid out in a tidy grid around tracks that once made it a cattle and wheat hub.

One city, five moods
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The map
Newton sits in south-central Kansas, north of Wichita, on the level plains of Harvey County. From above, it is a clear grid of streets set around the railway, with tracks slicing diagonally and straight through town. Beyond the edges, the section-line roads of Kansas divide the farmland into large squares.
The town grew with the Santa Fe railroad and was briefly a cattle-trail terminus in the early 1870s. Mennonite settlers who arrived in the region soon afterwards are credited with bringing Turkey Red winter wheat to Kansas. Bethel College, founded by Mennonites, lies in neighbouring North Newton.
A Newton map poster shows the logic of a plains railroad town: straight streets, long rail lines and the surrounding grid of fields. The Sand Creek adds a soft, winding line through the otherwise orderly frame. It is an honest, geometric map of a place built on transport and agriculture.
Rail lines run through the heart of Newton, a legacy of its founding along the Santa Fe route, and still form some of the strongest lines on the map.
The central streets follow an orderly grid, giving the downtown a neat, rectangular structure that reads clearly in black and white.
Around the town, straight country roads divide the land into square miles, an expansive pattern typical of the Kansas plains.
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Why Newton
Newton suits families with Mennonite roots, Bethel College alumni, or anyone raised in Harvey County. The mix of rail lines and prairie grid makes a clean, graphic print for a kitchen or office.
Set your own title, subtitle and coordinates, perhaps a family name and the year your ancestors arrived. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, as a $9 HD download or a printed, framed poster.
Order the Newton poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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