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2017 Map of Hartwell

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Hartwell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Urich stands at the western edge of this Henry County landscape, where the local road network bridges the transition from prairie uplands to the river bottoms. The course of the South Grand River and Big Creek dictates the geography here, creating a wide floodplain of wetlands and seasonal drainages such as Willow Br and Holwell Br. Small crossroads settlements like Hartwell and Maurine remain centered around key intersections, serving as focal points for the surrounding agricultural community.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local-history data through the numerous family-named and community burial grounds, including Hickory Grove Cem, Norris Cem, and Morgan Cem. The map reveals how the rural landscape is partitioned into townships, with Kerns Lake and various creeks like Fishing Cr and Camp Cr providing natural landmarks among the gridded section lines. This record of modern-day Henry County shows a territory still defined by its relationship to the water and the land.