2024 Map of Hull

About this map

Hull and Kinderhook anchor this landscape where the flat alluvial plains of the Mississippi River meet the rising bluffs of Pike County. The area is defined by an intricate network of drainage and water management, featuring the The Sny, Hadley-McCraney Diversion Ditch, and Walnut Creek Ditch, alongside numerous settling basins like the Pigeon Creek Settling Basin. For genealogists, the map is particularly rich in burial sites, documenting Akers Chapel Cem, Kinderhook Cem, and the family-named House Cem and Long Cem tucked into the hills and valleys. The transition from the low-lying wetlands of Broad Apron Lake and Trester Lake to the higher elevations of Grubb Hollow illustrates the historical challenge of reclaiming these fertile river bottoms for agriculture while maintaining the primary channel of the Mississippi River at the western boundary.