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2015 Map of Chapman

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Chapman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Smoky Hill River meanders across this Dickinson County landscape, anchoring a series of small agricultural communities and family landmarks. The city of Chapman sits north of the river, where Chapman Cr joins the larger waterway. To the southwest, Enterprise and the small settlement of Detroit follow the river valley, connected by a network of rural roads such as Mink Rd and Nail Rd.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of local burial grounds, including Saint Patricks Cem near Chapman and the more isolated Lutheran Cem Number 17 and Pleasant Hill Cem to the south. The presence of Prichard Airstrip and Prairie Cottage Airport highlights the importance of light aviation in this rural Kansas corridor, while features like Terrapin Lake denote the natural drainage patterns that have shaped land use in the region for generations.