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2011 Map of Fordyce

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Fordyce
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Fordyce sits at the intersection of local history and rural agricultural life in this Cedar County landscape. The town is marked by its essential community hubs, including the Fordyce Post Office and the nearby Fordyce Cemetery, reflecting the enduring settlement patterns of the region. To the east, the small community of Bow Valley serves as a northern anchor, while a portion of Hartington appears in the southeast corner near the Hartington Cemetery.

The physical geography is defined by the meandering paths of West Bow Creek and Norwegian Bow Creek, which carve gentle drainage patterns across a grid of section-line roads such as 561 Ave and 887 RD. This network of rural routes, including the precisely numbered 891st RD and 883 1/2 RD, illustrates the systematic land division that has shaped Nebraska's farming economy into the twenty-first century.