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2010 Map of Emerson

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Emerson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

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The West Nishnabotna River winds through the western half of this Mills County landscape, crossing beneath the Nishnabotna River Bridge as it flows south. To the east, the settlement of Emerson is established on a grid near Indian Creek, serving as a local hub with its own Emerson Post Office and Emerson Cemetery. The smaller town of Hastings sits in the southwest corner, situated along the same creek and anchored by the Hastings Post Office.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several family and community burial grounds across the rural sections, including Saylers Farm Cemetery and Wesley Chapel Cemetery to the northwest, and the Hasting Cemetery south of its namesake town. The hydrology of the area is defined by the confluence of Douglas Creek and the river system, notably featuring the Willow Slough Dam, which creates a significant water body in the northern section of the quadrangle.