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2022 Map of Lyndon

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Lyndon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Lyndon serves as the focal point of this Osage County landscape, centered on the Osage County Courthouse and a grid of municipal streets. The town's layout reflects its role as a regional administrative hub, situated just north of the significant waterway of Salt Creek. To the south, the terrain shifts toward the wide valley of the Marais des Cygnes River, where the expansive Melvern Lake dominates the southwestern corner.

Smaller settlements and rural landmarks provide essential context for local history, including the village of Melvern positioned near the southeastern boundary. The map documents several tributary systems such as Chicken Cr and Wolf Cr that drain the undulating plains. Genealogists will find the locations of Lyndon Cem and the more remote Danish Cem particularly useful for tracing early family plots and settlement patterns across the townships.