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2021 Map of Hosmer NW

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Hosmer NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Congregational Cem serves as a lonely landmark in this portion of McPherson County, reflecting the early spiritual and communal life of the prairie. The landscape is defined by the rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System, which organized the territory into townships like t126n r72w and t125n r71w. These boundaries, established long before this 2021 survey, continue to dictate the placement of local thoroughfares such as 335th Ave and Co Hwy 7.

Glacial depressions and wetlands are scattered across the terrain, interrupting the straight lines of the section roads. This mapping reveals how modern infrastructure, including Co Hwy 12 and Co Hwy 9, navigates around the natural hydrology of the Dakotas. The survival of the Congregational Cem near 121st St provides a specific point of interest for those researching local family histories and early settlement patterns in this rural township environment.