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2018 Map of McCracken Branch

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of McCracken Branch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

White Rock Cr and its many tributaries, including McCracken Br and N Br White Rock Cr, carve a complex drainage system across this portion of Jewell County near the Smith County line. The landscape is defined by a strictly organized section-line road grid, where lettered routes like Z RD and Ee RD intersect numbered roads every mile. This infrastructure supports a rural agricultural environment where small community landmarks serve as the primary anchors for local history and genealogy.

Scattered across the township divisions of t1s r11w and t2s r11w, several burial grounds provide essential links to early area families. These include Webb Hill Cem in the northeast and Salem Cem in the southeast, along with Oriole Cem and Pleasant Plains Cem. The lack of concentrated town centers emphasizes the dispersed nature of the settlement, with the terrain and watercourses such as Pawnee Cr and Wolf Cr remaining the most prominent physical features.