Bird City anchors the southern edge of this High Plains landscape, where the town's residential grid meets the vast agricultural expanse of Cheyenne County. The survey captures a moment of modern rural organization, defined by a rigid section-line road network including Road V and Co Hwy S that segments the prairie into productive acreage. Cutting across this geometric order is the natural course of Big Timber Cr, which provides the primary topographic variation in an otherwise uniform terrain. Local history and genealogy interests are centered near the southern border, where the Bird City Cem sits just north of the town center. The map details the local infrastructure of the early 21st century, from the primary thoroughfares like Co Rd 29 to the residential streets of Park St and Burr Ave that mark the northern limits of the settlement.
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1950 · Mc Donald
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Bird City North
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Mc Donald
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Bird City South
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Dewey Ranch
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Goodland
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1976 · Bird City North
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1976 · Henkle Canyon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000