2022 Map of Half Mound

About this map

Half Mound and the surrounding agricultural landscape of northern Kansas are defined by a network of creeks and family burial sites. This 2022 survey captures the rural character of the border between Atchison and Jefferson Counties, where small drainage systems like Coal Cr and N Walnut Cr feed toward the Delaware River in the southwest. For family historians, the map is remarkably specific, identifying several small interment sites including the Ernst Family Cem, Neill Cem, and Coal Creek Cem. The surveyor's placement of these sites alongside local routes such as Cheyenne Rd and Half Mound Rd provides a precise spatial record of local genealogy and land ownership patterns that have persisted into the twenty-first century.