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2009 Map of Dwight

Name: 2009 Topographic Map of Dwight
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

Dwight serves as the primary population center in this Morris County landscape, organized along a traditional grid defined by Oak St, South St, and 6th St. The surrounding countryside is defined by the branching tributaries of the Kansas River watershed, where the drainage of Lairds Creek and Slough Creek move through the prairie.

Genealogists will find critical landmarks such as Dwight Cemetery north of the town site and Swartz Cemetery to the southeast, both providing essential documentation for local family histories. The hydrologic network is particularly intricate here, with the headwaters of the West Branch Mill Creek and East Branch Mill Creek converging with Munkers Creek and Short Creek in a pattern that historically dictated the placement of homesteads and early agricultural boundaries.