2017 Map of Hitchcock SW

About this map

Bonilla occupies a central role in this northern Beadle County landscape, situated near the intersection of Main St and 387th Ave. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and small water bodies that pocket the prairie, shaping the irregular paths of section roads. This 2017 U.S. Geological Survey topographic study illustrates the transition of the Great Plains into a modern grid of agricultural parcels, though several historical markers remain. Genealogy researchers will find interest in the documented locations of Altoona Cem to the northeast and Bonilla Cem just east of the primary settlement. The map reveals how local infrastructure like Co Rd 8 and Co Rd 11 adapts to the natural depressions and marshy ground common to this part of South Dakota.