Denton and Martell anchor this agricultural landscape in Lancaster County, defined by a network of sectional roads and water conservation projects. The terrain is deeply etched by the western tributaries of the Salt Creek watershed, including Haines Br and Cardwell Br, which feed into modern reservoirs like Yankee Hill Lake and Bluestem Lake. For the family historian, the map preserves the exact locations of Wesley Chapel Cem and Highland Cem, tucked along rural corridors like W Rokeby Rd. This 2014 survey documents the persistence of small-town Nebraska nodes and their relationship to the surrounding prairie, where Denton Airfield and numerous named flood-control reservoirs such as Salt Cr Reservoir 10-A demonstrate the managed hydrology of the Great Plains.
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1897 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1955 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Cortland
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Hallam
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Crete South
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Crete North
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Denton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Roca
USGS Topo · 1:24,000