1971 Map of Canby

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Middle Nodaway River drainage dominates this section of Adair County, where 1970s land patterns reflect a deeply agricultural landscape divided among the townships of Summit, Walnut, Eureka, and Prussia. The small settlement of Canby sits near the center of the sheet, serving as a local landmark in a region defined by its waterway network, including Turkey creek and Ninemile Creek. Genealogical interest is found in several established burial grounds, notably St Josephs Cem and Oakwood Cem in the northeast, as well as the southern Prussia Cem. The landscape is dotted with rural landmarks like Highland Ch and the Rutt Br, providing specific points of reference for family historians tracing early 20th-century farmsteads and rural community life before modern consolidation.