2014 Map of Edgerton

About this map

The Platte River snakes through this agricultural corridor along the border of Buchanan and Platte counties, creating a landscape defined by seasonal waterways and small impoundments. The settlement of Edgerton sits at the southern edge of the sheet, serving as a focal point for the surrounding rural road network. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites that trace the region's 19th-century settlement patterns, including the Union Mill Cemetery, Brinton Cemetery, and Number 6 Cemetery. These sites, often located on higher ground overlooking tributaries like Castile Cr and Malden Cr, reveal the placement of early family homesteads and vanished rural congregations. Topographically, the area is marked by numerous small lakes such as Grant Lake, Cantrell Lake, and Gamble Lake, which alongside the river bottomlands, illustrate the hydrology of northwestern Missouri's dissected till plains.