2021 Map of Central City East

About this map

The Platte River corridor dominates this map, characterized by an intricate network of named islands like Prairie Island and Parker Island. The city of Central City, anchored by the Merrick County Courthouse, serves as a primary hub where the Union Pacific railroad line intersects with the local street grid. The landscape south of the river transitions into a more rural grid of section roads, where smaller settlements like Hordville, Overland, and Kronborg are situated. This area marks a hydrologic divide, showing the headwaters of the Big Blue River flowing south while the Platte continues its braided course to the northeast. Cultural markers such as Mount Zion Cem and Riverside Park provide specific points of interest for genealogists and local historians tracking the development of Merrick and Hamilton counties.