2017 Map of Durant

About this map

The Big Blue River winds through this section of the Nebraska plains, creating a riparian corridor that contrasts with the surrounding agricultural grid. In the north, Durant sits at a junction of section-line roads, representing the small-scale rural settlements that anchored the farming community. The landscape is defined by the Public Land Survey System, with roads like Co RD 124 and Co RD 126 following the rigid township and range lines. Along the southern boundary between Polk and York Counties, the topography becomes more complex where the river and its tributaries, including Prairie Cr, have carved low-lying drainage patterns into the high plains. Local history is anchored by sites such as the Pleasant Hill Cem and the Bjerrum Reservoir, which highlight the importance of water management and community gathering points in this rural environment.