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2009 Map of Laton

Name: 2009 Topographic Map of Laton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

The small settlement of Laton serves as the focal point for this Rooks County landscape, where the prairie is defined by a rigorous grid of section-line roads and wandering prairie streams. Waterways like Lucky Creek and Eagle Creek provide the primary relief to the geometric precision of the county's transportation network, which includes named routes such as O Rd and W 140th Dr.

For genealogists and local historians, the map is an essential record of the area's rural burial grounds. Distributed across the agricultural reaches are several historic sites, including the Pleasant Plain Cemetery, Chalk Mound Cemetery, Aurora Cemetery, and the Lutheran Cemetery. These sites, along with the drainage of Medicine Creek, reflect the enduring settlement patterns of a community built around traditional farming and livestock husbandry in North Central Kansas.