2009 Map of Gridley SE

About this map

Small creek valleys and agricultural sections define this pocket of Coffey County during the first decade of the 2000s. Several ancestral burial grounds are distributed across the landscape, including Fairhope Cemetery, Elk Creek Cemetery, Big Creek Cemetery, and Siria Cemetery, which provide vital touchstones for family historians. The terrain is drained by a network of waterways such as South Big Creek, Dinner Creek, and Duck Creek, which flow through a grid of rural roads. While largely agrarian, the presence of McMullen Airport in the northern reaches indicates modern utility. The road network, including arterial routes like Homestead Rd and Indian Rd, reflects the enduring township-and-range surveying system that has governed this region's development since early settlement.