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2018 Map of Corning

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Corning
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Nemaha County, Kansas, is defined by the headwaters of the Black Vermillion River and Illinois Cr. In the southeast corner, Corning serves as a local hub, where the residential grid is anchored by Saint Patrick's Catholic Cem and the nearby Corning Cem. The map illustrates a meticulously planned section-line road system, with routes such as Old Nine HWY and 96th RD connecting scattered farmsteads across the rolling plains.

Further north, the small settlement of Kelly sits near the S Fork Big Nemaha River, while Centralia occupies the northwestern edge of the survey. For those researching local lineages, the location of isolated burial grounds like Roots Cem provides essential spatial context for nineteenth and twentieth-century rural life. The drainage patterns of Vermillion Cr and Weyer Cr illustrate how the natural hydrology influenced the placement of these early prairie communities.