2012 Map of Hitchcock

About this map

Agricultural patterns and a strict sectional grid define this portion of the northern Great Plains in the early 21st century. The map centered on Hitchcock reveals the organization of the rural landscape through an extensive network of numbered roads such as 182nd St and 387th Ave. Small cemeteries serve as localized landmarks for genealogists, with Graceland Cem situated in the northeast and Tulare Cem in the northwest. The southern edge of the quadrangle shows the beginning of the residential layout for the town of Hitchcock, where the grid shifts to named streets including Maple Ave and Clarke St. This survey illustrates the persistent township-and-range geometry that has governed South Dakota land use for over a century.