2016 Map of Medford NE

About this map

Kansas and Oklahoma meet along a straight surveyor’s line where Sumner County and Grant County share a border defined by the section-line roads of the southern plains. The landscape is a network of agricultural plots drained by numerous small waterways, including Sullivan Br and Bluff Cr to the north, and Spring Cr which meanders through the central plains. Historical evidence of early settlement is found at the Spring Creek Cem and Williams Cem, providing touchpoints for genealogical research in this rural borderland. The crossing of the state line is marked by the Cherokee Strip Bridge, a name referencing the historic land opening in the late 19th century. A precise grid of rural roads, such as e0060 RD and n3050 RD, connects isolated farmsteads across the undulating terrain of the Midcontinent.