Belleville serves as a significant regional center in Republic County, defined by a rigid grid of streets including 9th St and 12th St that terminate near the Belleville Municipal Airport. To the west, the smaller settlement of Rydal sits along the path of US Hwy 36, which cuts a diagonal transit line across the otherwise structured section lines of the Public Land Survey System. The landscape is predominantly agricultural, drained by waterways such as School Cr, W Cr, and Riley Cr. Genealogists will find notable value in the distribution of rural burial grounds, including the Poplar Grove Cem in the southwest and Grace Hill Cem in the southeast. These cemeteries, alongside Pleasant View Cem, provide anchors for tracing family histories across the townships of t2s r4w and t3s r3w.
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1892 · Concordia
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Manhattan
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Manhattan
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Manhattan
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1965 · Wayne
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1965 · Concordia NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1965 · Kackley
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Scandia
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Belleville SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Belleville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000