2009 Map of Atwood NW

About this map

Northwestern Rawlins County is defined by the high plains landscape where the headwaters of the Driftwood Creek system begin to carve shallow valleys into the Kansas prairie. In the early 21st century, the area remains primarily agricultural, organized by a strict section-line grid of rural routes such as Co Rd Y and Co Rd 316. This quiet landscape preserves the spiritual and ancestral history of its early settlers through several isolated burial grounds, including Saint Johns Cemetery and Enterprise Cemetery. The presence of the Immaculate Conception Cemetery further south reflects the dispersed nature of these early rural communities. Drainage patterns are dominated by the meandering paths of the North Fork Driftwood Creek and the South Fork Driftwood Creek, which provide the primary topographic relief in an otherwise expansive and open agricultural terrain.