2015 Map of Hill City NW

About this map

Bow Creek and Rock Creek define the drainage of this northwestern Graham County landscape, where the high plains of western Kansas are dissected by a network of seasonal draws and creeks. The area is structured by a strictly rectilinear grid of section-line roads, including Co Rd 380 and 220th Ave, reflecting the enduring legacy of the Public Land Survey System. For family historians and genealogists, two specific burial grounds serve as significant landmarks within this rural expanse: South Star Cemetery in the northwest and Rock Creek Cemetery further south. These sites, often associated with early homesteading communities, remain as physical anchors in a territory dominated by expansive agricultural tracts and the winding course of Rock Creek.