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2021 Map of Kearney SW

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

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Fishing River and Brushy Cr wind through the hills of Clay County, defining a landscape of residential growth and long-established homesteads. While the southern and western portions of the sheet are increasingly absorbed into the suburban fabric of Kansas City and Liberty, the northern reaches retain a more rural character marked by small airfields like Kitty-Hawk Estates Airport and the Roosterville Airport.

Genealogists will find a dense network of burial grounds that anchor the local history of these communities, including Old Providence Cem and Pickett Cem. The map reveals how the modern road network, including the path of I-35 near Kearney, overlays an older geography of cross-county roads and family-named landmarks. Features like Wilmar Ranch Lake and Number 177 Reservoir reflect the region's water management and recreation patterns as the suburban corridor expanded during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.