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2012 Map of Hurdland

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Hurdland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Hurdland serves as the central hub of this northeast Missouri landscape, where the local road network converges near the South Fork South Fabius River. The map reveals a rural economy shaped by water management and aviation, featuring Hunziker Airport just south of the main township and several engineered water bodies including James Lake Dam and Parsons Lake Dam. The distribution of burial grounds such as Paultown Cemetery, Brashear Cemetery, and Rock Creek Cemetery provides a clear spatial record for genealogists tracing family lineages across these agricultural sections.

Smaller settlements like Kenwood and Paultown are linked by a grid of county roads, while the winding courses of Nick Branch and Long Branch create the natural drainage patterns that define the field boundaries. The intersection of the Little Fabius River and Rock Creek in the southern portion of the quadrangle further illustrates the importance of the Fabius river system to the topography of the region.