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2021 Map of Kimsey Creek

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

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Kimsey Creek and its many tributaries, including Swope Creek and Blair Creek, carve a rolling landscape through Holt County. This region is defined by a dense network of family-named cemeteries and rural homesteads that reflect generations of settlement. Genealogists can locate several burial grounds such as South Bethel Cemetery, Baldwin Cemetery, and Roderick Cemetery, which serve as vital landmarks for local history.

The presence of the Munkers Homestead Trail indicates the historical importance of early settlers in this area. Further north, the landscape transitions toward the wetlands of Bluff Pool and the waters of Gordon Lake. The modern infrastructure of State Street and Ocean Road cuts diagonally across the terrain, following the natural ridges between the creek valleys and connecting this rural agricultural territory to the surrounding Missouri corridor.