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2017 Map of Delmont

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Delmont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Delmont serves as the primary hub in this portion of Douglas County, situated where S Co Rd 3 meets W Main St. The landscape is defined by the rigid section-line grid of the Public Land Survey System, with roads like 397th Ave and 277th St carving the prairie into neat squares.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial grounds relative to the sparse population, reflecting the area's early German-Lutheran settlement patterns. These include the Neusatz Cem in the north and the clustered Hope Lutheran Cem-Zion Lutheran Cem near the town center. The drainage of N Br Dry Cr provides one of the few breaks in the agricultural geometry of Township 98 North, Range 62 West, illustrating the delicate balance between the natural watercourse and the established township roads.