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2012 Map of Akron

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Akron
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The Thompson River winds south through this borderland between Iowa and Missouri, anchoring a landscape defined by small river settlements and family burying grounds. The small communities of New Buda and Akron serve as focal points in an area where the grid of rural roads, such as Dale Miller Rd and State Line Rd, intersects with the natural meandering of waterways like Jefferies Creek and Conner Branch.

Genealogists will find an exceptional concentration of burial sites across this terrain, including the Catholic Cemetery, Campbell Cemetery, and the Fogleman Cemetery near Burrows. These sites, along with the New Buda Cemetery and Miller Cemetery, indicate a long history of family farmstead settlement and community organization along the river valley. The map documents the persistent rural character of the region, where land use remains closely tied to the drainage patterns of the Dickersons Branch and Stone Quarry Creek.