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2015 Map of Lancaster

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Lancaster
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Lancaster serves as the focal point of this Schuyler County landscape, situated at the intersection of several regional thoroughfares near the Iowa-Missouri border. The settlement of Glenwood and the nearby Glenwood Junction highlight a historical reliance on transit corridors through these northern Missouri uplands. A network of country roads, including Grace Roberts Rd and Coatsville Cemetery Rd, connects dispersed farmsteads and numerous family and fraternal burial grounds such as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery and Washington Cemetery.

The physical geography is defined by the branching tributaries of the Fabius River, with the N Fork Middle Fabius River and S Fork N Fabius River carving through the terrain. Small bodies of water like Ursel Gingerich Lake and Lancaster City Lake provide community landmarks within the agricultural grid. The map preserves the specific locations of rural sites such as Liberty Cemetery and Biles Cemetery, which are essential for tracing local family lineages in this borderland region.