2014 Map of McElroy Creek

About this map

Iowa and Missouri state lines intersect with the Fremont and Atchison county borders in this rural landscape dominated by drainage networks and family burial grounds. The namesake McElroy Creek winds through the central terrain, part of a watershed that includes Mill Creek and High Creek. To the west, the managed water of High Creek Ditch and the presence of Greys Lake suggest a bottomland environment shaped by agricultural engineering. Genealogists will find a high density of documented burial sites scattered across the township, including Beehive Cemetery, Mount Olive Cemetery, and the Columbia and French Cemetery. The map also preserves the location of the Stoner Cemetery and High Creek Cemetery, which serve as quiet markers of the area's early settlement history among the surveyed sections and rural road grids.